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Château de Montfaucon, Lirac Rosé, 2024

£30.00

AOC Lirac

Grenache Noir, Carignan, Cinsault, Counoise

14%

Those familiar with Tavel Rosé, from just next door, will be delighted to discover that the style from Lirac is gastronomic, textured and although a ittle bit lighter in style and colour than its neighbour, just as interesting and individual.

Made using the saignée method, the grapes are co-fermented in foudred and then aged for 6 months.

AOC Lirac

Grenache Noir, Carignan, Cinsault, Counoise

14%

Those familiar with Tavel Rosé, from just next door, will be delighted to discover that the style from Lirac is gastronomic, textured and although a ittle bit lighter in style and colour than its neighbour, just as interesting and individual.

Made using the saignée method, the grapes are co-fermented in foudred and then aged for 6 months.

We could go on about how Montfaucon was established in the 11th century; an imposing castle that looks out over Châteauneuf-du-Pape from the other side of the Rhône. However what we really want to tell you about is their Rosé; Tavel and Lirac Rosés in the deeper coloured, textured styles that so many of us would like to see more of and had us convinced we needed to work with Léon and Rudolphe immediately.

Rudolphe took over the running of the estate in 1995; his great great uncle Baron Louis acquired it back in 1880, although vines have been grown here since Roman times. Rudolphe knows his way around the Rhône varieties, having trained at Vieux Télégraphe in Châteauneuf-du-Pape just across the river, and at Henschke in Australia.

The family have sizeable holdings across multiple AOCs, soils and aspects, including a parcel of 150-year-old Clairette.