Clos Cibonne, Côtes de Provence Tibouren Rosé "Cuvée Tradition", 2024 CS20230806 18-20 months in barrel with

18-20 months in barrel with extended lees aging

toasted almond

and a splash of Petit Verdot

with fifty percent barrel aging adding texture while preserving Sancerre's signature minerality

Their 2024 Gavi del Comune di Gavi comes from hillside vineyards on marine-marl soils

Clos Cibonne, Côtes de Provence Tibouren Rosé "Cuvée Tradition", 2024 CS20230806 18-20 months in barrel withThere is nothing else in Provence quite like this pink wine. While most of the region chases the same crisp, pale summer refresher, the Deforges family at Clos Cibonne has spent decades doing the opposite: building the estate almost entirely around Tibouren, a rare, ancient, thin skinned grape that supposedly wandered from Mesopotamia to Liguria before landing on this ventilated hillside 800 meters from the Mediterranean. The real magic happens in the