Rosé Wine - L'Estabel AOP Languedoc

View: Pale pink, lively and brilliant.   Nose: Delicate aromas of white flowers and ripe fruit.   Mouth: Supple, fruity, refreshing and fleshy.   Terroir: Shale hillsides.   Grape variety: Cinsault, Grenache, Syrah.   Vinification: Short maceration, pressing of the fresh harvest fermentation at low temperature.   Aging: In lined concrete vats.   Serving temperature: 8 to 10°.    Food & wine pairings: charcuterie, grilled meats, white meats and grilled vegetables.
 Over the last million years, this source has given rise to a massif of tuffs one kilometer long and 300 meters wide. 
It dominates by around thirty meters the Boyne, a tributary of the right bank of the Hérault which crosses Cabrières from north to south. 
Nowadays, this flow is channeled, the Estabel plateau is therefore no longer subject to flooding.
 On either side of this canal, the vineyard, covering around fifteen hectares, facing the Pic de Vissou, is located on very differentiated soils. 
The choice of rootstocks and grape varieties is made according to the nature of the soil. 
Thus, Clairette behaves better on very limestone soils (Lieu-dit Les Tabels) while the other grape varieties: Cinsault, Carignan, Grenache and Syrah prefer schist soils, the most widespread in Cabrières (Lieu-dit Les Moularesses). Estabel has been a registered trademark since 1952, often associated with vermeil wine (bright red) which traditionally defined the color, but also the quality of wines from the 12th century. 
The first bottles of rosé wine marketed by Cabrières winegrowers in the 1950s bore the words: L’Estabel Vin Vermeil. 
Since then, this tradition of quality has been perpetuated in the three colors of Estabel: Estabel white, Estabel rosé, L’Estabel rouge.