2025 Anne Pichon Sauvage Gris Montagne Rosé de Ventoux
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Grape Varietal: Grenache, Carignan, Cinsault, Syrah
Country: France
Region: Ventoux, Southern Rhône
The Wine: Anne Pichon is the vigneron behind Domaine Sauvage, named for the untamed foothills of Mont Ventoux she calls home, and which she founded with her late husband Marc in the 1990s after the two moved into an abandoned farmhouse in Mormoiron and began reviving a defunct organic estate they renamed Murmurium, meaning "the buzzing song of bees."
After Marc's passing in 2016, Anne continued alongside her sons Niels and Emile, farming 50 hectares of native Rhône varieties with certified organic practices, low yields, and late hand-harvesting. The estate produces no more than 40 barrels annually. The Mistral sweeping down from the mountain keeps disease pressure minimal and preserves the natural freshness that defines her wines.
Gris Montagne Rose is a field blend of Grenache, Carignan, Cinsault, and Syrah, hand-harvested and destemmed, vinified in stainless steel at strictly controlled temperatures to preserve fruit definition and mountain-air freshness. It is a dry, mineral-driven expression of high-elevation Southern Rhône rosé.
It opens with aromas of melon, wild strawberry, and dried mountain herbs, lifted by a faint note of green papaya and pine. On the palate, it is lean and precise — more earth and mineral than fruit-forward — with brisk acidity, a muted berry mid-palate, and a clean, stony finish with a whisper of spice.
Pairing: A niçoise salad with good oil-packed tuna and a properly jammy egg, grilled whole branzino with lemon and fennel fronds, tapenade on toasted baguette with a glass poured before dinner has officially started, or a summer picnic in the hills (plenty of parks in Seattle for that) where the wind keeps stealing the napkins.
