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ALWAYS ON THE ROCKS
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Rosé Piscine is the original, still French rosé specifically made to drink over ice.  Right on the bottle we say ABSOLUMENT AVEC DES GLAÇONS in French and ALWAYS ON THE ROCKS in English.  Having a Piscine de Rosé or simply Une Piscine is incredibly popular throughout France in the Summer and is a particularly hot trend in the South of France today.  There is no need to pre-chill the bottle, which makes the logistics behind our ice-cold rosé decidedly easy...simply serve over ice in a large wine glass or cognac snifter.

Rosé Piscine is made with an indigenous varietal of South West France: Négrette.  The Négrette grape is a small, very dark and tough-skinned grape known for its powerful aromatic qualities.  Our fruit is sourced in Côtes du Frontonnais, which is located just southwest of Gaillac and just north of the city of Toulouse, on the western bank of the Tarn river. Rosé Piscine is one of very few French rosés made with the Négrette grape, mainly due to the limited geographic availability of this unique varietal.
Wine Enthusiast awarded our region the Wine Region of the Year 2017 award, which has created new interest in our region and its unique wines.

​PISCINE BACKGROUND

Jacques Tranier, the president of Vinovalie, a group of producers in the French Southwest, was on vacation in 2003 in Saint-Tropez on the French Riviera (Côte dAzur) when he saw the waiters serving rosé in cognac glasses over ice. The waiters and beachgoers simply called it Une Piscine de Rosé, using the French word for swimming pool (Piscine).  Most of the people ordering this drink were women; they drank it from the beginning to the end of the meal, as an aperitif, as a digestive, on the beach, and during the afternoon while sunbathing.
Curious, Jacques ordered a glass. On the one hand it was cold and refreshing due to the ice, but as the ice melted, it became watery, diluted and tasteless. The concept was there, but the product was missing.  
Returning from his holiday, Jacques collaborated with his winemaker to find a solution to the problem, by creating a rosé specifically made to serve over ice.
Legend has it that Brigitte Bardot, who literally put St Tropez on the jet-set map with her then husband, German playboy Gunter Sachs, originally coined the expression Piscine de Rosé, as a reference to the large size of the cognac snifter often used for the Piscine de Rosé.
Today, Rosé Piscine's packaging concept relies on light colors and the blue of the sea to refer to the beaches of the Mediterranean and the panoramic pools in the hills along the coastline. A whisky-style glass was developed and promoted alongside Rosé Piscine; after all, we make Rosé Piscine to be served over ice.

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Rosé Piscine