2017 Domaine de Triennes Rose Provence

Two Burgundy Empresarios, One Superstar Rosé

Domaine de Triennes is the brainchild of Domaine de la Romanée-Conti’s Aubert de Villaine and Domaine Dujac’s Jacques Seysses, bringing incredible class and sophistication to Provence rosé. The 2017 vintage is one for the record books—boasting quality that calls to mind the unprecedented 1945 vintage, but with extremely limited yields. Vibrant and fresh, with zesty mouthwatering acidity and layers of ripe strawberries and raspberries tinged with vanilla spice. Treat yourself to a year of enjoyment while you still can find bottles of this 2107 Domaine de Triennes. Do as we’re doing and enjoy half a case for summer, and drink the rest in the fall, when cooler weather creeps in again—paired with a succulent roasted chicken.

Today’s Domaine de Triennes Rosé shines with the pedigree of its superstar owners: Domaine de la Romanée-Conti and Domaine Dujac. Domaine de la Romanée-Conti (DRC) has been named one of the best, most expensive wineries on the planet, creating the world’s purest expressions of Pinot Noir in the picturesque old vineyards around the village of Vosne-Romanée. Domaine Dujac, founded in 1967, is DRC’s superstar neighbor, just around the corner in Morey-Saint-Denis. Under Jacques Seysses’ reign, Dujac’s precious Pinot Noir and Chardonnay bottles were 100% whole cluster-fermented, with only new oak used during fermentation. With multiple Premiers Crus under its belt, and all vineyards farmed entirely organically, nothing short of excellence is accepted.

In 1989, these heavyweights took their priceless experience, commitment to quality, and vision and headed—along with their Parisian partner Michel Macaux—to the sunny southern village of Nans-les-Pins, just southeast of Aix-en-Provence. The incredible potential of the region was clear, and when the trio locked up an estate of almost 115 acres that same year, Domaine de Triennes was born. The property’s gradual slopes with southern exposure are reminiscent of the great hills of Burgundy, and allow for full phenolic ripeness in the fruit, while clay-limestone soils endow the wines with a refreshing minerality.

In a year like 2017, when those hallowed hills soaked in ample sunshine, they turned out a harvest that has some older growers recalling the glorified 1945 season. Translation: 2017 may go down in the record books as being perhaps the highest in quality in many decades, but in very limited supply. Marc Perrin of Château de Beaucastel in Châteauneuf—a benchmark of Southern France—called the harvest “extremely healthy,” with “top” quality grapes. “Sorting was not really necessary in this vintage,” Perrin told Wine Spectator. “Great color and good acidity. The wines are very balanced, very elegant with some sweetness of tannins but no feeling of heat.”

Jonathan Cristaldi

Editor-in-Chief, Wine Access

Contributing Writer, Food & Wine

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• ABV 12.50%
• Enjoy right away
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• Serving temperature – 45°
• Screw cap