Mas de Libian Vin de France Buve Z'en Rosé 2018

Buve Z'en is the biodynamic southern Rhône rosé Mas de Libian has made in the same way for years, simply under a new name.

The fruit comes from the estate's younger vines, spread across a selection of rocky terroirs around Saint-Marcel-d'Ardèche, where Hélène Thibon farms biodynamically. The blend is roughly a third each of Grenache, Counoise and Syrah — Counoise being one of the old southern Rhône varieties that has largely fallen out of fashion elsewhere. Following the Provençal model, all three are given a short maceration and then pressed slowly into tank, where fermentation proceeds with wild yeasts alone. There is no oak and very little handling. The result is a rosé made for drinking rather than contemplating: pale, red-fruited and floral, with a powdery freshness and a twist of dried Provençal herbs on the finish, and the mineral cut that the estate's stony sites reliably give.

Drink young, within a year or two of release, and serve at 10–12°C with grilled prawns, salade niçoise or a tomato and goat's cheese tart.

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