Verget's 2018 Rosé de la Terre uses fruit from Jean-Marie Guffens' home estate in the southern Rhone, Château des Tourettes. This is a blend of Grenache, Syrah and Cabernet Sauvignon, and produces a powerful rosé - racy, juicy, with ripe red berry and fresh herb notes. Stunning stuff.

The French region of Burgundy is one of the most widely respected wine regions in the world, and has a viticultural tradition that stretches back over two thousand years. When you have this sort of pedigree, and and that much history, there’s a tendency for winemakers to become more than a little conservative, with a ‘if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it’ sort of attitude. It sometimes takes an outsider to step in and shake things up a little, even if that might mean getting a few funny looks in the village square on market day. Jean-Marie Guffens and Jean Ricjkaert are one such pair of outsiders - two Belgians who are determined to inject a bit of new life and a new perspective to the grand old vineyards of Burgundy. In 1991, they set up Domaine Verget, with the intention of creating a winery which uses the very latest in technology and state of the art equipment in order to achieve the very highest levels of expression from the grapes they select. They source their fruit from the finest vineyards across Burgundy, but also work in the south of France for some more easygoing wines. Their pioneering attitude, insistence on low-yielding vines and meticulous attention to detail results in a stunning portfolio of wines which are more than representative of the beautiful land they work with.