One of the most profound Rosés I’ve ever tasted, the 2022 Château Cibon Cuvée Marius is a powerful, noble, deeply textured wine that speaks with total authority. Initially reserved, it gradually opens in the glass to reveal a resonant core of wild strawberry fruit. Shades of Mediterranean herbs, sea spray, crushed chalk and wild game gain intensity and delineation with air. Where the 2022 really impresses is on the palate, pressing forward with staining density and saturating concentration. This is a blend of 90% Tibouren and 10% Grenache, aged for two years in 100% new 2,600-liter foudres with regular bâtonnage over the first six months. That imbues the wine with mesmerizing textural intrigue. This is not to be missed. Find it, buy it, age it, enjoy it.

Château Cibon Cuvée Marius is a tribute to Marius Roux, the modern founder of Clos Cibonne and defender of the tibouren grape in Provence in the 1800s. Marius Roux, born in 1875, led the estate’s destiny, passing it to his wife Valentine, who inherited the lands around the Castle of Cibonne. It was Marius who first focused the estate solely on wine production. The label is a recreation of the original labels of the late 1800s, when the winery was called Château Cibon. This design predates their iconic labels designed in the 1920s, which still adorn their other cuvées today.

The Chateau Cibon Marius is only made in exceptional years. The label is a recreation of the original labels of the late 1800s, when the winery was called Château Cibon. This design predates their iconic labels designed in the 1920s, which still adorn their other cuvées today. Château Cibon Cuvée Marius is a tribute to Marius Roux, the modern founder of Clos Cibonne and defender of the tibouren grape in Provence in the 1800s. Marius Roux, born in 1875, led the estate’s destiny, passing it to his wife Valentine, who inherited the lands around the Castle of Cibonne. It was Marius who first focused the estate solely on wine production.

The Château Cibon Cuvée Marius is inspired and informed by the incredible vintages of Clos Cibonne, which survived and improved in their cellar from top vintages of decades past. It bears remembrance when drinking the really old wines at Cibonne. Old methods of (slightly) higher alcohols and phenological ripeness, combined with barrel aging, built classic wines with the structure to age and improved for a long time. Utilizing similar techniques, albeit with a modern winemaker’s knowledge and tools, they have managed to craft a beautifully rich and complexly structured wine, built to develop for decades to come with proper time in the cellar.