Cochon Volant Rosé, Organic, Château de Caraguilhes, Languedoc, France 2021
Southern France, France
Tasting Notes
A delicious wine with a great structure and body, full of freshness and red fruit flavours. The Cochon Volant range is a reference to the boars who eat their grapes every year before harvest, as stealing and flying share the same word in French, they decided to make these flying pigs and not thieves.
Food Matches
Salads, Tapas & Seafood
Wine Profile
Wine Type Rose Wine
Vintage 2021
Style Light, Dry Rosés
Country France
Region Southern France
Grower Name Château de Caraguilhes
Grape Variety Cinsault
ABV 12.50%
Closure Natural Cork
Bottle Size 75cl
Allergens Sulphites
Method Organic, Vegan
SKU COCHVOLROS21
Grower
Château de Caraguilhes
Since Greek merchants first introduced the cultivation of vines to the Languedoc more than 2,000 years ago, the Corbières region has been a prime region for wine making. In 1958, Lionel Faivre, an Algerian wine maker took over Caraguilhes with the ambition of making authentic wine with organic grapes. An environmentalist, Lionel pioneered natural farming and wine-making… Read More
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Cinsault
Cinsault is a classic red grape variety of the Languedoc that has much in common with Grenache. It tends to produce lighter, softer and more approachable reds than many other grape varieties, and as such its pretty, delicate red and summer fruit flavours are particularly suited to the production of rosé wines, and is especially favoured in rosés of Southern… Read More
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