Château la Genestière Tavel Rosé 2023

Château la Genestière embodies the living memory and colorful history of nearby Avignon and France’s Southern Rhône Valley. Beginning in the 16th century the domain functioned as a silkworm farm before its acquisition in 1930 by the Garcin family who converted the 100-acre estate to viticulture and winemaking. Today, Château la Genestière devotes itself to fashioning an incomparable Tavel rosé as well as a bevy of outstanding red and white wines from France’s Southern Rhône Valley. Purchased in 2015 by Christian Latouche, owner of two domains in Les Baux-de-Provence, Château la Genestière specializes on the production of outstanding Tavel Rosé, France’s deeply colored and most renowned rosé wine. Château la Genestière also produces delicious red and white Châteauneuf-du-Pape and Lirac from nearby appellations. A rising star in the Southern Rhône, Château la Genestière’s Tavel Rosé was the finest rosé we tasted on a recent wine trip to France.

Tasting Notes: The seductive age worthy 2023 Château la Genestière Tavel Rosé is a deeply colored rosé with a beguiling aroma of freshly picked raspberries and strawberries. Full-bodied and generous in flavor its beautiful bouquet has us even before the first sip. It provides the perfect year-round foil to charcuterie, salads, poultry, pork, and even steak tartare. Sable Nicoise, Lobster Thermidor, and Grilled Cedar Plank Salmon on a bed of creamy risotto make especially scrumptious accompaniments. Serve moderately chilled (38°–45°F) before allowing it to slowly evolve in the glass.