{"id":14617,"date":"2026-04-13T11:46:52","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T10:46:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/main.sommelieredit.com\/?p=14617"},"modified":"2026-04-13T11:46:52","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T10:46:52","slug":"rethinking-rose-bias-blind-spots-and-better-tasting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/main.sommelieredit.com\/au\/rethinking-rose-bias-blind-spots-and-better-tasting\/","title":{"rendered":"Rethinking Ros\u00e9: Bias, Blind Spots and Better Tasting"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><strong>Whispering Angel can provoke debate amongst sommeliers<\/strong>. Bertrand L\u00e9on, winemaker at Ch\u00e2teau d&#8217;Esclans explains why scale does not disqualify seriousness.<\/h1>\n<p>At<a href=\"https:\/\/www.esclans.com\/\"> Ch\u00e2teau d\u2019Esclans<\/a>, winemaker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esclans.com\/leadership\/\">Bernard L\u00e9on<\/a> is unapologetic: ros\u00e9 does not need permission to sit at the fine\u2011wine table.\u00a0Among sommeliers, \u201clarge production\u201d is often shorthand for compromise. L\u00e9on challenges that assumption head\u2011on.\u00a0\u201cContrary to what people believe, it is possible to produce very good ros\u00e9 wines in significant volumes; you just have to give yourself the means to do so,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<p>Those means, at d&#8217;Esclans, have been neither shortcuts nor standardisation. Over the past 20 years, Whispering Angel\u2019s growth has been deliberately incremental, paired with constant reinvestment. \u201cOur winemaking methods have not changed.They have even become more precise,\u201d L\u00e9on explains.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14688\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14688\" style=\"width: 690px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-14688 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/main.sommelieredit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Ch-Esclans-26-06-2020-HD-082_RS.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"690\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/main.sommelieredit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Ch-Esclans-26-06-2020-HD-082_RS.jpg 690w, https:\/\/main.sommelieredit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Ch-Esclans-26-06-2020-HD-082_RS-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 690px) 100vw, 690px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14688\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ch\u00e2teau d&#8217;Esclans, Provence, France<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>What does that look like in practice? A move from a single cellar and one grape reception area to three cellars and six reception zones, each designed to protect parcel nuance and harvest timing. Just as important is the expanded winemaking team, rigorous, highly specialised, and tuned to fine\u2011wine detail rather than industrial throughput. The uncomfortable question for sommeliers is this: <strong>i<\/strong>f Burgundian domaines can scale without losing identity, why must ros\u00e9 be confined to the margins the moment it succeeds?<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Bordeaux thinking, Provence expression<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Ch\u00e2teau d\u2019Esclans is often described as Provence with a Bordeaux brain and L\u00e9on doesn\u2019t resist the analogy. But he refuses the idea that it\u2019s about importing styles.\u00a0\u201cThe philosophy behind creating great wines is always the same, regardless of the region or the colour of the wine,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14694\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14694\" style=\"width: 690px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-14694 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/main.sommelieredit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Bertrand-Leon-1-002.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"690\" height=\"540\" srcset=\"https:\/\/main.sommelieredit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Bertrand-Leon-1-002.jpg 690w, https:\/\/main.sommelieredit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Bertrand-Leon-1-002-300x235.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 690px) 100vw, 690px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14694\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bertrand Leon, winemaker at Ch\u00e2teau d&#8217;\u00c9sclans<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>That philosophy starts with terroir, followed by rigorous vineyard balance and, crucially, vintage responsiveness. \u201cYou should not apply the same recipe every year.\u201d For sommeliers attuned to the language of adaptation in Burgundy or Piedmont, the parallel is obvious.\u00a0Blending at Esclans is neither fixed nor rushed. L\u00e9on insists on tasting and re\u2011tasting as fermentation and ageing evolve. \u201cTasting is not an exact science\u2026 you must not be afraid to question yourself,\u201d he adds.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThe philosophy behind creating great wines is always the same, regardless of the region or the colour of the wine.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>This is where wines such as Rock Angel, Les Clans, and ultimately Garrus break with ros\u00e9 orthodoxy. Texture, phenolic structure and layered salinity replace simple freshness; qualities sommeliers routinely demand, yet often refuse to recognise when they appear in pink.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14700\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14700\" style=\"width: 690px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-14700 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/main.sommelieredit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Ch-Esclans-26-06-2020-HD-045_RS.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"690\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/main.sommelieredit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Ch-Esclans-26-06-2020-HD-045_RS.jpg 690w, https:\/\/main.sommelieredit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Ch-Esclans-26-06-2020-HD-045_RS-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 690px) 100vw, 690px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14700\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ch\u00e2teau d&#8217;Esclans vineyards in Provence<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3><strong>Is \u2018poolside\u2019 a lazy critique?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Ros\u00e9\u2019s biggest obstacle in fine dining is not quality. It\u2019s narrative. L\u00e9on is pragmatic, not defensive, about the category\u2019s image problem.\u00a0\u201cThere are several types of ros\u00e9 wines,\u201d he says. \u201cClassic styles like Whispering Angel or more gastronomic styles like Garrus.\u201d\u00a0What Garrus is not, he insists, is a cosplay Burgundy or Champagne. \u201cGarrus is not an alternative to a white Burgundy Premier Cru or a vintage Champagne; it is a complement.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>You must be very present in the vineyard, harvest dates today are notably earlier than they were fifteen years ago, not to chase trends, but to preserve balance. It is essential not to miss the moment of optimal ripeness.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>That distinction matters. Rather than positioning Garrus as a substitute.\u00a0 A tactic sommeliers often eye with suspicion. L\u00e9on frames it as an expansion of the fine\u2011wine conversation. A gastronomic ros\u00e9 with its own cadence, not borrowed prestige.\u00a0His advice to sommeliers is refreshingly direct: stop theorising and start pouring. \u201cHave people taste Garrus, ideally across several slightly different vintages. That is always the ultimate argument.\u201d\u00a0If a wine survives blind tasting and vertical context, the category label becomes secondary.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Freshness under p<\/strong><strong>ressure<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>As warming vintages reshape Provence, maintaining the region\u2019s hallmark pale, dry, fresh profile has become a technical and philosophical challenge.\u00a0\u201cYou must be very present in the vineyard,\u201d L\u00e9on says. Harvest dates today are notably earlier than they were fifteen years ago, not to chase trends, but to preserve balance. \u201cIt is essential not to miss the moment of optimal ripeness.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14717\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14717\" style=\"width: 690px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-14717 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/main.sommelieredit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Provence-Landscape.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"690\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/main.sommelieredit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Provence-Landscape.jpg 690w, https:\/\/main.sommelieredit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Provence-Landscape-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 690px) 100vw, 690px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14717\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vineyards around the ch\u00e2teau<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This hyper\u2011attention mirrors what many sommeliers already prize in cool\u2011climate regions: restraint, anticipation, and the willingness to pick before flavour becomes excess.\u00a0In Provence, these decisions now define whether ros\u00e9 remains a serious wine or drifts into parody.<\/p>\n<p>If structure, terroir expression, age\u2011worthiness and gastronomic relevance are the benchmarks, then wines like Garrus deserve debate at the top table. As L\u00e9on\u2019s work quietly demonstrates, ros\u00e9 doesn\u2019t need reinvention. It needs reassessment.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>Find out more about the wines and the range at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esclans.com\/\">Ch\u00e2teau d&#8217;Esclans<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Whispering Angel can provoke debate amongst sommeliers. Bertrand L\u00e9on, winemaker at Ch\u00e2teau d&#8217;Esclans explains why scale does not disqualify seriousness. At Ch\u00e2teau d\u2019Esclans, winemaker Bernard L\u00e9on is unapologetic: ros\u00e9 does&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":14682,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[137,347],"tags":[794,793,255,795,257],"class_list":["post-14617","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wine","category-winemakers","tag-bertrand-leon","tag-chateau-desclans","tag-provence","tag-provence-rose","tag-rose","entry","has-media"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Rethinking Ros\u00e9: Bias, Blind Spots and Better Tasting | Sommelier Edit<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Whispering Angel can provoke debate amongst sommeliers. 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