The Bee-Side is Domaine of the Bee's second label wine, made from 100% Grenache. Much of the fruit now comes from Jean-Marc Lafage's Grenache vines, blended with 3 barrels of their oak-aged pale red from the Domaine of the Bee vines. The result is a bright, juicy, 'smashable' wine ideally served lightly chilled.

Deliciously drinkable and juicy - a joyous young Grenache with a riot of succulent, crunchy cranberry fruit and a savoury freshness that immediately calls for another glass. A bright yet extremely pale pinkish red - almost like an old-fashioned 'clairet'. On the nose there's gentle, herbal, fragrant red fruit - fresh cranberries and morello cherries.

A very easy-going red that can be drunk on its own, but try it with white fish, or tomato dishes.

Winemaker's Notes
Our grapes are hand harvested, and then hand-sorted at the winery. The crop was healthy, and very little selection was needed. Our Grenache was emptied into upturned demi-muids (500L barrels) with the ends taken out. The barrels picked after the rain were 'bled' to remove a small amount of juice, which was amalgamated to create two barrels of a very pale red. Some of Jean-Marc's Grenache was fermented with 'whole bunches', and the rest were destemmed. We blended Jean-Marc's light and juicy Grenache with the two barrels of our 'pale red' and a barrel of saignée rosé to produce this year's Bee-Side.