2023 Mary Taylor 'Christophe Avi' Rosé Agenais IGP, Southwest France

IGP Agenais was established in 2011 to capture the typicity of the wines from the Lot-et-Garonne area of Southwest France.  This rosé from the lovely Christophe Avi, is made from his younger vines, no more than 20 years, and consists of juice from Cabernet Franc and Cabernet Sauvignon. The taste is something like minerally orange blossom, lime leaf and lots of grip. Christophe makes wines with minimal intervention – no chemicals in the vineyard, all natural yeast, a light filtration – so that you get aromatics of earth, wet stone, nuanced fruit – those which makes wines of terroir so elegant. From Mary Taylor Wine: "What is Agenais? This is the IGP that was established in 2011 to capture the typicity of the wines from the Lot-et-Garonne area of Southwest France. Our rosé from the lovely Christophe Avi is grown in and around Laplume, south of the Garonne, which enjoys the sandy soils that extend from the Landes Forest. Agen itself is a sleepy but lovely medieval town deep in the Aquitai