Palette
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The Château Simone Blanc has a lovely dry, savoury palate, subtle scrub and herb scents and delicate resinous undertones. Unusual, attractive and very well structured.
- Bottle £35.00
- Bottle Case £420.00
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The Château Simone Rosé has aromas of strawberries and cherries that precede a rich, full-bodied palate with some earthy undertones and enough depth and body to stand up to quite complex dishes.
- Bottle £35.00
- Bottle Case £420.00
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Château Simone Rouge - a rare unreconstructed historical gem. Complex ‘cigar box’, sandalwood and sous bois aromas precede a rich, evolved palate with some mushroom and resinous notes – it is often mistaken for top-quality Bordeaux. Plump tannins and a balanced acidity yield a red wine that improves considerably with bottle age.
- Bottle £35.00
- Bottle Case £420.00
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Château Simone, Palette - Buy Château Simone wine from the Palette Region of France
Winston Churchill’s predilection for ‘Pol Roger’ Champagne is well documented not least by Pol Roger themselves who escort visitors to their H.Q. in Epernay to a room bedecked with Churchillian memorabilia lest anyone might forget about it. Less well-known is the great man’s appreciation of the wines of Château Simone which he encountered when painting landscapes in and around Aix-en-Provence. He visited the estate in person and befriended the Rougier family who presumably offered him favourable terms to help preserve the
entente cordiale.
Today an elite
cognoscenti of well-informed wine buffs and savvy sommeliers share Sir Winston’s enthusiasm for Château Simone but it is worthy of far wider recognition. Part of the problem is that way back in 1946 the estate tried and failed to secure a
monopole appellation (as Château Grillet had done previously) but its arcane
cépagement of 17 different grape varieties probably hasn’t helped matters either.
Tant mieux – if the Bordelais were to get their hands on it they would charge twice the price so relative obscurity is perhaps no bad thing.
Victoria Moore recently observed in the Telegraph:
"Château Simone is the sort of wine I love to drink and always fear I shall miss in the hurly-burly of the tasting room: a wine with restraint but a hint of wildness." Sir Winston would doubtless approve.