Tavel, 2025

Tavel is the Rhône's rosé that drinks like a light red, and this one leans in: dark, savoury and broad, from a grower who learned his trade at L'Anglore.

Tavel only makes rosé, and it has always been the deepest-coloured, most serious one in France. Romain le Bars spent seven years with Éric Pfifferling at L'Anglore before taking his own vines here in 2018, on sand, limestone and river-pebble terraces. Grenache and part of the Syrah ferment as whole bunches; the rest is pressed straight off the skins. The pressing gives body, the whole bunches give lift and perfume. Fresh red fruit and flowers, then a broad, savoury, long finish.