Clos Cibonne, Cotes de Provence Rouge 2023

The heart of Clos Cibonne's estate is their traditional, goblet-trained tibouren, which is believed to be a very old grape variety, originally grown in Mesopotamia, propagated by the Greeks, before being transported by the Romans to Italy in the Liguria region, where it is known as rossese.

Tibouren is a very fine, thin-skinned grape which requires a lot of ventilation to be successful and needs to grow close to the ocean to avoid issues with rot. All of these requirements make Clos Cibonne the perfect terroir for tibouren, as they are walking distance to the ocean and constantly blasted with the drying Mistral winds. 

Clos Cibonne has become synonymous with tibouren and has received special permission from the A.O.C. to list the grape on its labels. As part of its revitalization, all of the estate’s mourvèdre has been replaced with tibouren vines.