Tavel: Domaine Maby La Forcadière 2011

Tavel: Domaine Maby La Forcadière - a full-bodied rosé wine made in a traditional style by La Famille Maby. A softly scented red berry-fruit bouquet precedes a well balanced palate that finishes clean and dry.

  • Bottle
    £12.95
  • Bottle (case)
    £155.40

Tavel: Domaine Maby La Forcadière 2011

This resplendent Tavel wine is made from 9 different grape varieties - principally Grenache Noir and Cinsault but Bourboulenc, Carignan, Clairette, Grenache Blanc, Mourvèdre, Picpoul and Syrah all play a supporting role.
Arguably a little fuller and more refined than the rosé Lirac from Domaine Maby, this Tavel too is a berry-scented belter with bags of ripe red fruit and a savoury, dry finish. A large dish of roasted Mediterranean vegetables with crumbled feta cheese, couscous and a harissa dressing would be an apposite accompaniment.

What others think of this wine...

Andrew Neather - London Evening Standard, 23/08/2012 says:

Tavel produces the biggest rosés of the Rhône, indeed of just about anywhere: delicious on a hot day but they really need food. This one from a top producer is a good example: mostly grenache and cinsault, very solid (14.5 per cent alcohol), dry but bursting with red berry fruit.

Joe Wadsack - 9th June 2012 says:

Finally. The first smile-on-my-face Tavel for a long while. Almost a red wine. Tannic, textural, and chewy. Full of wild strawberries and cherry. Long.

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  • Style: Rosé Wine, Dry (Sec), Full-bodied
  • Region: RhoneTavel
  • Producer: Domaine Maby
  • Vintage: 2011
  • Grape variety (Cépage): Syrah, Mourvèdre, Grenache Noir, Cinsault
  • Cellarage: “…the Maby Tavel benefits from being drunk in its second or third summer, since it takes about eighteen months to show and express itself more.”
    John Livingstone-Learmonth, Wines of the Rhône.
  • Vinification: A modern wine-making operation when the malolactic fermentation is only blocked in the hotter years. The grapes are macerated together for two days and then vinified in thermo-regulated stainless steel vats.
  • Alcohol by Volume (ABV): 14%

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