To continue the Barolo metaphor
the vineyard is so steep that a ladder is necessary to go from terrace to terrace
The wind is so ferocious that each hoyo is surrounded by rock walls for protection
but spared his winery and the wines within it and the jury is still out on how much of his estate vineyards will survive
Apostolos Thymiopoulos comes from a grape-growing family
La Bernarde -- 2019 ‘Les Hauts du Luc’ Rosé (Cinsault, Grenache, Mourvedre, Rolle, Syrah) -- Cotes de Provence, France To continue the Barolo metaphorWith the highest vineyards in the Cotes de Provence appellation at 350 meters (it even gets snow during the winter), stony limestone soils and certified organically grown grapes coming exclusively from its estate vineyards, La Bernarde is a very rare wine. Must be expensive, right? Amazingly it is not, and thus makes the cut for Kompas Wine Club. Composed of 46% Cinsault, 27% Grenache, 11% Mourvedre, 9% Rolle, 7% Syrah, this is Ros for any time of