Cuvee Columelle Domaine Richeaume - Rouge - 2016

Domaine Richeaume is located at the foot of the Saint - Victoire Mountain, which is considered one of the best areas in Côtes de Provence thanks to the cooling influence created by the mountain. It is owned and run by the Hoesch family, with the father and son having made wine here for a combined 40 years. Whilst the rest of the region is surfing the wave of rosé (which represents near 90% of the production in Côtes de Provence), the Hoesch see red. “Personally, I would prefer not to make rosé at all” says Sylvain Hoesch who currently runs the estate. But as some of his clients request it, he makes around 5% every year. La Columelle is the top wine of the estate which contains the best of both New World and Old World styled wines. It offers juicy, ripe, concentrated fruit balanced by freshness, a slight herbal earthiness and phenomenal use of oak. This is the perfect wine to suggest to charter guests when they are after something local and they don’t have a specific producer in mind. In our opinion, this wine is the Sassicaia of Provence!