Chateau Pesquié, Le Paradou Rosé 2025, Cotes de Provence

Chateau Pesquié, Le Paradou Rosé 2025, Cotes de ProvenceChteau Pesqui continues to go from strength to strength under the dynamic stewardship of Alex and Frdric Chaudire. It is entirely fitting that our friend Fred should be president of the appellation given Pesquis status as one of its biggest and certainly most ambitious estates. The chteau itself is located in Mormoiron, amongst the foothills of Mount Ventoux, whose snow topped peak towers majestically over the surrounding vineyards. Ventoux is just

but not crushed

As a consultant to many well-known wineries in the Americas and Europe

The native Merweh grapes come from 150 year old vines which grow wild in the mountains of Lebanon

from the warm granite soils of St

as well as eco-grazing by sheep in the vineyards

to restore these ancient vineyards

but was really widely planted after the 1939 earthquake that affected the Maule

orris root

orange melon and something sweeter and more artificial

sacrificed the Classico status of the Valpolicella and bottled the wine under Stelvin to eliminate cork taint and random oxidation problems as much as possible

This makes a very neutral wine which is perfect for the production of sherry

producing both olive oil and a variety of wines from their 400 ha of surrounding land