Bee Pink 2024
- Retail
- £16.50
- Member
- £13.20
- Case
- £99.00
- Case (Member)
- £79.20
- Varieties
- Grenache Noir, Grenache Gris, Syrah
- Vintage
- 2024
- Country
- France
- Region
- Roussillon
- Alcohol
- 12%
- Bottle Size
- 750ml
- Drinking Window
- 2024 - 2027
- Description
Bee Pink is now a firm favourite for our wine club members, and a growing number of independent wine shops. We've made 2400 bottles from this vintage, and we are hoping for a rosé-by-the-pool kind of summer!
It’s made in the Provence style – pale in colour, but with plenty of delicate fruit flavours.
- Eyes
- An attractive delicate pale pink.
- Nose
- A delicate fragrant nose pink grapefruit and raspberry granita with a touch of watermelon
- Mouth
- Bone dry and very refreshing, with light, mouthwatering citrus-peel freshness, and a ripe, exotic palate of white peach and raspberry.
- Winemaking notes
- Our friend Jean-Marc Lafage (who owns Chateau St Roch, near Maury, where we make our red wine) is one of the Roussillon’s finest rosé producers. He has allowed us to work with some of his Grenache, Grenache Gris and Syrah grapes to produce our own Bee Pink.
- Growing Conditions
- 2024 was the third year in a row of drought in the Roussillon region, and after a winter of low rainfall, the vines did not produce a large crop. Adequate rain at the end of April ensured than vines in most areas were at least able to flower and set a crop, and another very dry summer followed, ensuring small yields and high concentration. We avoided to extreme 40+ heat of previous summers, and the whites and rosés from 2024 are surprisingly expressive and detailed in their fruit profile, given the heat and dryness of the vintage.