Is Provençal Rosé the vinous equivalent of bottled sunshine? Is it the what's what of pink wines? Is it the cool, crisp compelling glass of vin rosé at the end of the rainbow? Yeah, probably so! Domaine Houchart Côtes de Provence Rosé is among our favorite of the Provençal rosé wines each year; fresh, bright, vivid with a gentle intensity of chalky berry flavor just bursting forth and a refreshingness that is just, ahhhhh ... Thank heaven for sunshine. Thank heaven for Provençal rosé!

From the much-beloved Peyraud family in Bandol, Provence. Their Bandol Rouge is produce of about 75% Mourvèdre, 14% Grenache, 9% Cinsault and 2% Carignan fruit from 19+ hectares of vines averaging 40+ years in age and planted to clay and limestone soils there overlooking the Mediterranean Sea. Their long-time importer, Kermit Lynch, says "There is something about the dark, inky Mourvèdre, plus the salty sea air caressing the vines every night, that typifies classic Bandol ... deep and structured wines of such refinement and longevity."