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Clos Cibonne Cotes de Provence Rose Marius 2019

$9399

Clos Cibonne is an utter rarity, making wines almost exclusively from Tibouren, an obscure Provencal grape almost no one else champions. This is the throwback approach we love: a producer that was around long before the rose craze and never felt any pressure to change the recipe. Marius is a special bottling, and at 2019 it's a rare aged Provence rose, which is exactly the point with Cibonne. The wine sees long aging in foudre, giving it savory depth most roses never reach. From Cotes de Provence near the Mediterranean. Drink it with food.

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Decanter

92 points

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Wine Spectator

93 points

"Not a poolside sipper, but rather a big-boned, seriously structured rosé that broods with smoky, savory, flinty power. Fruit isn't the point of this offering, which boasts incense, bergamot root, tobacco and spiced orange peel pulled together by grippy tannins and a saline coating. Graced by salted brioche, the finish goes on and on. Best from 2025 through 2035."

More about Clos Cibonne

For a long time Clos Cibonne was an insider's wine. Known almost exclusively for their late-release, flor-fermented rosés, their pink gems were gobbled up by wine geeks and ignored by everyone else, similar to the equally challenging Rosado from López de Heredia. Even their red, which doesn't see flor, but has a similar floral/savory quality, rarely found its way onto wine lists or store shelves. Their wines are a study in duality: pure-fruited, but also intensely mineral, salty and savory.

People are catching on.

Their wines are made from the nearly extinct varietal Tibouren. It used to be much more common, but after it was wiped out by phylloxera the authorities commanded everyone to replant Mourvèdre. The Roux family followed suit, but then promptly cut the heads off the Mourvèdre vines to graft on their beloved Tibouren.

Tibouren is finicky, which is probably the reason the authorities banned it. But Clos Cibonne is on a peninsula just 800m from the Mediterranean and its salty sea breezes protect the fragile grapes. Tibouren also has to be picked early to preserve its freshness. Clos Cibonne starts harvesting super early, when it's still cool, and stops picking by 11am. It's hard work, but the Roux family takes care of their pickers, bringing in a Bouillabaisse truck for lunch.

The winemaking techniques are also hundreds of years old and just about extinct. For the rose, wine starts fermenting spontaneously and then goes into giant, ancient wooden foudres for a year. That’s where flor (a veil of yeast just like you get in Sherry or the Jura) grows on top of the wine, protecting it from oxidation and imparting a unique, savory character. Their red Tibouren also spontaneously ferments and then is transferred into the same wooden foudres. However it stays in foudre for only for about 4 months and never grows a veil of flor.

When it's finally ready to bottled the family still isn't done: they hold all their estate wines back for bottle aging, not rushing out the latest vintage to maximize cash flow. The wine gets the time to come together and start to develop the complexity that will grow more pronounced if you take the time to age it further yourself.

So, odd as the wine may be, it's easy to see why the wine is catching on. Pure fruit flavors combined with sea breeze and touches of savory herbs with an underpinning of minerality make for make for some of the most remarkable Provençal wines around.

Wine Details

  • Grape Variety

    Grenache , Tibouren

  • Vintage

    2019

  • Size

    750ml

  • Farming Practice

    Biodynamic

  • Style

    Minerally

  • Sweetness

    Dry

  • Body

    Medium Bodied

Flatiron's Take

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Tasting Notes & Food Pairings

Perfect Pairings

Bouillabaisse, grilled fish, aioli, roast chicken, or Mediterranean spreads.

Tasting Profile

Savory and complex: dried strawberry, citrus peel, herbs and a saline, nutty edge from age. Dry, medium-bodied, mineral, long finish.

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