Classic Wines

La Source de Vignelaure (red)

La Source de Vignelaure (red) is made from a blend of Syrah, Cabernet Sauvignon and Grenache. This wine is vinified in a softer, less extracted style than the Chateau wines. It is not a younger sibling to the Chateau wines but rather a different expression of what can be produced at Vignelaure. This wine can be drunk younger than the Chateau wines and has a different character with softer tannins and an easier drinking style. The grapes are handpicked, de-stemmed and lightly crushed before being fermented at cooler temperatures to emphasise fruit flavours. The resulting wine is partially aged in small oak barrels for 10 months before being blended and bottled. It is deep ruby in colour with aromas of cassis, cherry and spices and has good complexity and length on the palate with a hint of toasty oak.  
 
 
 

La Source de Vignelaure (rosé)

La Source de Vignelaure (rosé) is regarded as one of the finest rosés of Provence. It is made from Syrah, Grenache and Cabernet Sauvignon grapes picked at the optimum moment when sugar and acidity are in perfect balance. The juice is drained off after several hours of skin contact, then settled and fermented at very low temperatures. The quality of the grapes and the techniques used to vinify them combine to produce a wine with amazing aromas of tropical fruits and flowers on the nose and fresh fruit and lively acidity on the palate.  
 
 
 

Esprit de Nijinsky (rosé)

Esprit de Nijinsky rosé is produced exclusively from Cabernet Sauvignon. It is made to show its individual style using a combination of new world technology paying homage to it’s Bordeaux roots and Provençal terroir. Fresh, soft and fruity, dry in style but with an easy accessibility this rosé is made with the utmost care, a cool fermentation, strict selection of yeasts and the emphasis on showing the best of what can be made in Provence.  
 

Esprit de Nijinsky (red)

First produced at Vignelaure five years ago this wine pays homage to the Cabernet Sauvignon vines that were planted in the 1960’s by George Brunet and produced their first harvest in 1970, legendary racehorse Nijinsky who won the Triple Crown in the same year. Soft black fruit, dusty tannins and spice blend harmoniously to produce this warm fruity wine which has balance and level of complexity that is appreciated by Vignelaure’s clients all over the world.  
 
 
 

Esprit de Nijinsky (white)

This cuvée is made from 100% unoaked Chardonnay produced close to Bezier in the Languedoc an area renowned for the production of high quqlity white wines. Pale gold in colour the wine has subtle tropical notes and with floral elements, round and soft on the palate with a hint of mineral on the finish. It has elegance that works equally well with or without food.  
 

South of France, Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon (red)

Ripe soft red and black fruits, concentration and richness are the characteristics which define this wine. Made in a style that shows the evolution of wines in the South of France, combining modern wine-making techniques and greater efforts in the vineyard. These, combined with the natural advantages of the region, produce wines that at very reasonable price points represents excellent value for money.  
 

South of France, Chardonnay (white)

Ripe fruit with elegant acidity, the 2004 chardonnay displays a balance between the new world and classical French styles. Rounded with very good balance this wine has benefitted from a generous climate and classical wine-making skills which work together impressively.