Château Sainte Marguerite - Côtes de Provence - Fantastique - White - 2023

Wine:

The most exclusive cuvée from the estate, the 2023 Côtes de Provence Fantastique White is a pure Rolle (Vermentino), bursting with citrus and white fruit flavours, carried by striking freshness. Smooth and generous on the palate, it offers lovely texture and depth, refined by barrel aging—a process that brings added complexity, subtle spice, and a rounded mouthfeel. This is a food-friendly white wine, ideally served with goat cheeses or seafood dishes.

Vinification:

Hand harvested, cold maceration before pressing. Vinification and ageing for 6 months in barrels (50% new barrels). Fining and filtration before bottling.

Organic wine (Ecocert) in France.

Color:

Shiny gold.

Nose:

Flavours of citrus and white fruits.

Palate:

A smooth, generous wine with an expressive aromatic bouquet, enhanced by aging in oak barrels—a process that lends structure and subtle notes of spice and toast. This cuvée balances finesse and tension beautifully, finishing with a delicate hint of saline minerality.

Temperature:

Best served between 10 and 12°C.

Food and wine pairing:

Vol-au-vent, fish, goat cheese.

Cellar aging:

From now until 2027

Classified Growth from Provence, Château Sainte-Marguerite crafts benchmark rosés through organic viticulture, shaped in the heart of the prized terroir of La Londe-les-Maures. Here, a complex patchwork of schist, quartz, clay, and silica-rich soils gives rise to wines of remarkable finesse. The result: fresh, vibrant cuvées marked by generous, well-balanced ripe fruit aromas.

For over a decade now, the VALAP Selection Committee has hand-picked the wines of this iconic estate—an essential reference point in the Provençal wine landscape.