A558 LA FERME DE LA SANSONNIERE VdF ROSE D'UN JOUR 2019 1500ml

Wait—could this be a mistake for Rosé d’Anjou? Not quite. “Rosé d’un Jour” (“rosé of days gone by”) is in fact a playful parody coined by Mark Angéli, gently poking fun at the modern, mass-produced sweet rosé known as Rosé d’Anjou.

* Rosé d’un Jour (literally “rosé of a single day”; here we render it more freely as “rosé of days gone by” to reflect its fleeting, nostalgic character and the story behind the wine).

It is one of Angéli’s masterpiece wines and widely regarded as one of the finest rosés in the world. Made from the Loire Valley’s traditional grape Grolleau Gris, it is crafted into an elegant sweet wine through the use of naturally occurring botrytis. Among the recent wines of La Ferme de la Sansonnière, it is the only cuvée produced using botrytized grapes.

Rosé d’un Jour is sweet, rustic yet sophisticated, and endlessly gentle, and the 2019 vintage is distinguished by a slightly higher level of acidity that adds lift and definition.