Rosé de Pinot, Marina Bovard, Epesses, Lavaux
CHF90
La Vie Suisse en Rosé
Some people drink Whispering Angel. We wish them well.
It’s a perfectly respectable industrial achievement: a rosé so carefully focus-grouped that nobody has ever been offended, surprised, or profoundly moved by a single sip. The beige cashmere sweater of rosé wine.
Marina Bovard’s Rosé d’Epesses operates in an entirely different universe.
There are no influencers here. No yachts. No DJs in Saint-Tropez charging €40 for a glass. No marketing team brainstorming hashtags about “summer energy.”
Just Marina. A steep vineyard. A family legacy. A house older than most countries. And Pinot Noir that actually knows where it comes from.
The wine itself is everything good rosé should be: dry, bright, fresh, and alarmingly drinkable. Wild strawberries, alpine air, a whisper of white flowers, and enough acidity to make you order another bottle before you’ve finished the first.
Whispering Angel says, “Look at me.”
Marina’s rosé says: “Sit down. Stay a while. Have some watermelon with that cheese.”
One arrives by pallet.
The other arrives with the woman who made it walking out from the cellar to ask if you’d like another glass.
And in my opinion, that’s the kind of angel worth listening to.
Six bottles of Marina’s Rosé 90 CHF
