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RHONE VALLEY<br />
TRAVEL<br />
but rather than turn their backs on tradition, Tavel winegrowers rolled up their<br />
sleeves to improve quality. It was a challenging time, but we are now seeing<br />
customers return, some of them tired of light-coloured rosés and looking for<br />
characterful, food-friendly rosés”. Maby also produces magnificent Lirac reds,<br />
particularly the Bel Canto label, a pure Grenache noir from old vines grown on<br />
pebble-strewn soils. The wine is matured in demi-muids specially designed for<br />
the wine, where the wood was seasoned for two years before the vessel was made.<br />
The aim here is to oxygenate the wine very sensitively, while minimising oak<br />
influence. It is the result of decades of passionate work by Richard Maby after<br />
he took over the estate: “It is the purest and most faithful expression of our Lirac<br />
vineyards”.<br />
Château Trinquevedel is located on the historic sandy soils of Tavel and is also<br />
an integral part of the appellation’s history. Guillaume and Céline Demoulin,<br />
the fourth generation of winegrowers at the Château, produce two Tavel labels.<br />
The storied sandy soil promotes great freshness and elegance in the wines. The<br />
traditional label is macerated for 24 hours so as to best express the freshness of<br />
the fruit. The 100,000 bottles of wine produced are almost entirely marketed in<br />
export markets, particularly North America and Northern Europe. Guillaume<br />
GUILLAUME AND CÉLINE DEMOULIN, THE FOURTH-GENERATION WINEGROWERS AT<br />
CHÂTEAU TRINQUEVEDEL, PRODUCE TAVEL WINES ON THE HISTORIC SANDY SOILS<br />
52 WINTER 2022 • GILBERT & GAILLARD - THE <strong>FR</strong>ENCH EXPERTS ON WINE
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