M. Chapoutier "Belleruche" Cotes du Rhone Rosé

Pairs with: Lyonnaise Salad

Good for: The last Al fresco dinner of the summer

Grape: Grenache, Cinsault, Syrah

I am from: Rhone Valley, France

The Story: Unique, unconventional, curious about everything, Michel Chapoutier’s mind has never been static. Michel is  lways on the move, so are his ideas, his Tastes and his wishes. "If I stay still, I fall." Michel is a “wine-lover” and “life-lover”, he is enthusiastic and selfless. Michel’s wine-journey began when he was 26 years old. He became head of M. CHAPOUTIER and was not an inheritor : his choices and his vision were disruptive. He stood up against principals of the past and preconceived ideas. A wine grower? We would rather say a farmer. A man close to the earth, in a thorough quest for revealing terroirs and finding the expression of soils through the Taste of wines.

A book, a painting, a wine: Michel Chapoutier falls in love ten times per day. There are no half measures, he either loves it or hates it. He loves culture. All cultures, without exception.

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Why You’ll Love Me:  Fresh notes of Grapefruit peel, Blood Orange and raspberries.