2019 Chateau Leoube Rose de Leoube

In 1997, Lord Bamford, owner of JCB, and Lady Bamford, founder of Daylesford Organic, purchased the estate and carried over their shared care and passion for the land and environment with this new project. Although the estate’s estimated establishment occurred around the 14th century, the viticultural history in Provence dates even farther back to the Phoenician era. The centuries-old château is world-renowned for producing elegant, yet structured Rosé (70% of production) along with red and white wines from old-vine, Certified Organic fruit.

Provence’s warm days and cool nights, close proximity to the water, and cooling Mistral winds make it an ideal wine-growing region. Its uniquely diverse soils of varying clay, sand, quartz, and mica schist add to the production of Léoube’s star varieties – Grenache, Cinsault, Syrah, Mourvèdre and Cabernet Sauvignon.

Léoube’s winemaker, Romain Ott of the famed Domaine Ott family is a firm believer in environmentally-friendly viticulture and winemaking practices. In the vineyard, Ott uses a “back-to-basics philosophy” with traditional growing methods and choosing only natural, non-toxic methods. The deep-rooted vines maintain very low yields and picking is only done by hand according to the lunar cycles.