“Making premium rosé is revolutionary, and that comes at a cost,” he added.
Developments are also afoot at Château Léoube (right) in Côtes de Provence, where owner Sir Anthony Bamford, chairman of JCB limited, is to launch a sparkling rosé in time for Christmas.
The wine, made in the Champagne method from Cabernet Sauvignon grapes, will be available in the UK through Bamford’s farmshop chain Daylesford Organic.
“We’ve had a lot of demand for a sparkler from the market. It’s outside the guidlines of the AOC, so we’re using a grape outside the guidlines in Cabernet Sauvignon,” Léoube’s winemaker Romain Ott, of the Ott winemaking family, told db.
Ott predicts around 2,500 bottles will be made in the estate’s first vintage this year.