2012 Aubun Rosé, IGP Alpilles, Domaine de Lansac

In the foothills of the attractive Alpille Mountains, Domaine de Lansac cultivates this rare Provencal atavar, known as Aubun. Even the magisterial Jancis Robinson tome, ‘Wine Grapes’, only devotes half a page to this grape; such is its rarity and /or relative insignificance.

It appears that Aubun is sometimes mistaken for Counoise but is more properly related to Carignan, but to me tastes rather like Cinsault. That is to say it is soft, attractive and quaffable, with aromatics of nectarine and flowers and a gentle palate of mid-season strawberry and fruits of the forest.

Simon Field MW – Wine Buyer