Domaine Les Terres Promises, 'Apostrophe' 2023

Grower: Domaine Les Terres PromisesRegion: Provence, FranceGrape Varieties: Cinsault, Grenache, CarignanViticulture: OrganicCategory: RoseSize: 750ml After an admirable (albeit, exhausting) decade-long career sorting out French political circles and Parisian ministerial cabinets, Jean-Christophe Comor ditched his briefcase, rolled up his sleeves and headed for The Promised Lands—the literal translation of Les Terres Promises, the seven-ish hectare backcountry Provençale domaine he purchased, began clearing out and converting to organics in the early 2000s. Today, he cultivates around 18 varieties of varying colors across an expanded 15 hectares, all between 320 and 420 meters above sea level, and creates a range of distinctive, highly individualistic wines that speak volumes of the terroir thanks to his tendency to remain largely hands off in the cellar. “Simply we want to highlight what makes wine: the lands in which the roots of the vine plunge, the general climate of the seasons of