Our wines
General presentation
Clos d'Alari has 7 hectares of vines planted at an altitude of 300m, most of which are trellised on clay-limestone terroir:
5 hectares AOC, 2 hectares Vin de Pays.
The vines
We aim to respect the diversity of our environment as much as possible:
No pesticides or herbicides.
Attention to the soil, grassing and, green manuring, sowing of plant cover. Our soil is alive!
We have been Organic Farming since our 2021 harvest.
Our production:
- 50% Rosé for 3 cuvées including 1 vin de pays and 1 gastronomic cuvée "Grand Clos".
- 30% Red for 5 cuvées, including 3 wines without added sulfite and 2 red cuvées for ageing.
- 20% White for 2 cuvées: Rolle and "Grand Rolle" aged in acacia barrels for 14 months.
Our grape varieties:
- Syrah
- Cabernet
- Grenache
- Carignan
- Mourvèdre
- Merlot
- Cinsault
- Rolle
Our harvest
We harvest by hand, at night, depending on ripeness checks.
In view of climatic changes, harvesting is taking place earlier and earlier.
These are spread over a month, as the different grape varieties are not all harvested at the same time.
The winery
We practice minimal intervention in the cellar, using only the bare minimum of sulfur at bottling. No external yeasts are added—only the natural yeasts from our grapes (indigenous yeasts).
Our cellar is primarily equipped with stainless steel tanks of various capacities, as well as oak and acacia barrels for aging wines intended for long-term storage. Since 2023, we have also incorporated an amphora.
We have two pneumatic presses.
Rosés
Grand Clos Rosé 2024 AOP Côtes de Provence
The 2024 vintage is notably fresher than 2023, with a rainy end to the season resulting in a lighter, more ethereal rosé. Grand Clos showcases a very pale, typically Provencal hue.
Alcohol Content: 13%
Blend of Grenache-Cinsault
Elaboration
Organic farming, manual harvesting, direct pressing, fermentation, and aging in stainless steel tanks. Indigenous yeasts. No fining, clarifying filtration at bottling. Total SO2: 25mg/liter.
Tasting
Organic farming, manual harvesting, direct pressing, fermentation, and aging in stainless steel tanks. Indigenous yeasts. No fining, clarifying filtration at bottling. Total SO2: 25mg/liter.
Wine & food pairing
Perfect for summer evening aperitifs! Also pairs well with Mediterranean cuisine.
Serving temperature
8°-10° C
Métisse 2024 Vin de France
The goal is to create an easy-drinking wine with a well-balanced acidity. The raspberry-colored wine in a clear bottle instantly makes you want to pour a glass. Best enjoyed chilled, it offers a free-spirited alternative to our AOP rosé. No fining or filtration.
Total SO2: 25mg/liter
Alcohol Content: 12.5%
Elaboration
Rolle juice macerated with destemmed Syrah for 48 hours – then saignée and natural fermentation. No fining or filtration.
Tasting
The wine displays a vibrant currant-red color with garnet highlights. On the nose, fresh strawberry and red berries dominate, interwoven with resinous, camphor-like notes. The palate is fresh, with a pleasant bitterness that extends the clean, refreshing finish.
Food & wine pairing
Perfect as an aperitif on summer evenings!
Serving temperature
8°–10°C
Le Grand Rosé 2023 Vin de France
The aim is to create a gastronomic rosé, vinified with minimal additives to respect the terroir and the vintage. Blend of grape varieties Cinsault, Syrah, Grenache, Carignan, Mourvèdre, Cabernet Sauvignon, Rolle. Clay-limestone soils.
Alcohol content: 13.5%.
Elaboration
Organic farming, manual harvesting, partial destemming, direct pressing, fermentation in stainless steel tanks, and the use of indigenous yeasts. Aged over the winter on fine lees, naturally clarified by cold stabilization. Transferred to old barrels at the end of winter and aged for 10 months. Total SO2: 35 mg/liter.
Tasting
Le Grand Rosé 2023 is an aged rosé with a deep hue. The nose features a citrus bouquet of citron, blood orange, and caramelized notes. The palate reflects the nose, offering zesty flavors, a mouthwatering acidity, and a slightly spicy finish.
Food & wine pairing
Le Grand Rosé 2023 is a gastronomic rosé, pairing well with foie gras, grilled meats or fish, and fruit-based desserts, creams, and tiramisu.
Serving temperature
12° - 14° C
White
Le Rolle Blanc 2024 AOP Côtes de Provence
The 2024 Rolle reflects the year’s climatic conditions, with a rainy end to the season resulting in a lighter, less sun-drenched wine compared to 2023.
Alcohol content: 12°.
Elaboration
Organic farming, manual harvesting. Traditional vinification entirely carried out in stainless steel tanks. Total SO2: 35 mg/liter
Tasting
Le Rolle 2024 displays a pale straw color with green highlights. Brilliant and limpid. The nose reveals fermentative aromas with notes of pineapple and banana, interwoven with hints of beeswax and acacia blossom. On the palate, it offers a well-balanced profile between roundness and freshness, finishing with a mouthwatering, saline touch.
Food & wine pairing
Pairs beautifully with creamy poultry dishes or risotto.
Serving temperature
13° - 15° C
Rock and Rolle 2023 Vin de France
Our first attempt at an orange wine… 100% Rolle, grown on clay-limestone soils.
Alcohol content :13.5°.
Elaboration
Organic farming, manual harvesting. Maceration of destemmed grapes for 6 months, then pressing and aging in old barrels for 9 months. Total SO2: < 40 mg/liter
Tasting
Rock and Rolle displays the typical amber hue of skin-contact white wines. On the nose, Rooibos tea mingles with pronounced notes of stone fruits and yellow fruits, along with exotic nuances and hints of lychee. The palate is structured yet smooth, with a creamy finish balanced by pleasant bitterness and lively acidity.
Food & wine pairing
A white wine to pair with exotic dishes, green curries, sweet-and-savory combinations, and even chocolate-based desserts.
Serving Temperature
12°–14°C
Rock&Rolle Les Bulles 2024 Vin de France
Our first sparkling wine — 100% Rolle, grown on clay-limestone soils.
Alcohol content :11.5°.
Elaboration
Organic farming, manual harvesting. Alcoholic fermentation starts in tank and finishes in the bottle. The bottles are then aged on laths, turned upside down, and undergo disgorgement to remove the lees.
Total SO2: < 40 mg/liter
Tasting
Made primarily from Rolle, Rock&Rolle Les Bulles offers a nose with milky nuances, yellow fruits, and hints of beeswax. On the palate, it delivers bright freshness with lively, well-integrated bubbles.
Food & wine pairing
Perfect for apéritif time!
Serving Temperature
8°–10°C
Red
Marius Rouge 2016 AOP Côtes de Provence
Marius, my grandfather's first name.a blend of our Syrah-Cabernet Sauvignon parcel.a magnificent, typically Provencal red, it perfectly represents our terroir.clay-limestone soil. yield 40HL/hectare.
Alcohol content: 14%.
Elaboration
Classic vinification, de-stemming, fermentation in stainless steel vats, aged in oak barrels from different coopers for 15 months.
Tasting
Tiled color with garnet-red highlights.the nose presents attractive evolutionary notes of tobacco and cocoa.nuances of garrigue and licorice support the initial nose after aeration.the palate is complex, with a fine tannic structure and silky, mellow tannins.
Food & wine pairing
Lamb shoulder confit
Serving temperature
16-18° C
A COTE Vin de France
This year, we produced three micro-cuvées of single-varietal red wines from Merlot, Grenache, and Syrah. Alongside these is a 100% Merlot cuvée. All our Merlot grapes were used to create this sunny and vegetal red wine. "Alongside" refers to the two plots closest to the bastide. Single-varietal wine grown on clay-limestone soils, with yields of 20HL per hectare.
Alcohol content: 14°
Winemaking
Organic farming, hand harvesting, whole grapes not destemmed, semi-carbonic maceration of whole bunches in the juice, fermentation and aging in stainless steel vats, use of indigenous yeasts. No fining, no filtration. Total SO2: 33mg/liter.
Tasting Notes
Light ruby color with violet highlights. Lovely vegetal nose. The palate is smooth and balanced by the freshness of the stems. Long and elegant finish.
Food Pairings
Versatile. Perfect as a summer aperitif or paired with red and white meats throughout the year.
Serving Temperature
15° - 17° C
VIEUX K 2020 Vin de France
Vieux K comes from our 60-year-old Carignan gobelet grapes. It was vinified and aged in stainless steel vats, then spent a year in vats and a year in oak barrels in clay-limestone soils.
Alcohol content: 13.5%.
Elaboration
Organic conversion, hand-picked in crates, total destemming, fermentation in stainless steel vats.
Tasting
Garnet-red in color with purple highlights, the nose reveals aromas of cherry, kirch and bitter almonds, with subtle hints of balsamic. The palate is juicy, well-balanced and well-structured.
Food & wine pairing
A fine rib of beef, or a vegetable Tian.
Serving temperature
16 - 18° C
PAPY Vin de France
This year, we produced three single-varietal red micro-vintages from Merlot, Grenache and Syrah.Papy is a 100% Grenache cuvée. It's a fruity red that's very tasty. Vinification using the 1000-leaf method (whole bunches, destemmed grapes, crushed grapes). Hand destemming on wicker destemmer.25HL/hectare yields.
Alcohol content: 12.5°.
Elaboration
Organically grown, hand-picked, vinified in 1000-leaf vats, fermented in stainless-steel vats, aged in amphora, using indigenous yeasts. No fining, no filtration. Total SO2: 25mg/litre.
Tasting
Light ruby color. Crisp red berries and English candy on the nose. Fresh and tangy on the palate, with a delicate finish.
Food & wine pairing
An easy-drinking wine, it can be substituted for rosé as an aperitif and for white with fish.
Serving temperature
14° - 16° C
INDIGENE Vin de France
Indigène is the estate's 100% Syrah cuvée.this year, we infused whole bunches in the press juice for a week to obtain a fresh wine.clay-limestone soils. Yield : 15HL/hectare
Alcohol content: 14°.
Elaboration
Organically grown, hand-picked, indigenous yeasts, aged and fermented in stainless steel tanks, no fining, no filtration. Total SO2: 20mg/litre.
Tasting
Indigène has a light purple color with violet highlights. The nose is spicy, with white pepper, green olives and zan. The palate is sunny but delicate, with a delicate tannic structure.
Food & wine pairing
The vegetal side of Indigene is perfect for vegetarian dishes, especially mushrooms.
Serving temperature
14° - 16° C
Autochtone 2023 Vin de France
The Autochtone, rooted in the soil where it thrives, is a light red wine perfect for sharing with friends. Made from 100% Cinsault, grown on clay-limestone soils.
Alcohol content: 12°.
Elaboration
Organic farming, manual harvesting, maceration of destemmed grapes with short extraction. Aged in amphora for 8 months. Total SO2: <30 mg/liter.
Tasting
This delicate red wine with a light ruby hue offers aromas of noble vegetal notes like fig leaves and sloe, intertwined with hints of red berries. On the palate, it exhibits "pinot-like" finesse and freshness. The acidity is well-pronounced, providing excellent length.
Food & wine pairing
A perfect red to enjoy as an aperitif.
Serving temperature
15° - 16° C
Cuvée A Polo 2022 Vin de France
A more extracted Syrah than our indigenous cuvées, made from 100% Syrah, grown on clay-limestone soils.
Alcohol content: 14°.
Elaboration
Organic farming, manual harvesting, whole cluster maceration in stainless steel tanks, followed by pressing. Aged for 18 months in ovoid containers and then in old barrels. Total SO2: 30 mg/liter.
Tasting
Upon the first aeration, the Polo cuvée reveals a spicy, licorice-like nose with animal and peppery notes. As it evolves, the nose opens up to black fruits and dried flowers. The palate is structured with a prominent tannic backbone and a persistent finish.
Food & wine pairing
This wine pairs perfectly with a pistou soup, as well as red meats or cheeses.
Serving temperature
16° - 18° C