(Decanter) - A 'blue wine' named Vindigo has gone on sale in France

Vindigo is produced at Bodegas Perfer, in Spain’s Almeria region, and is made from Chardonnay grapes that have been macerated with the skins, according to press reports, citing the creator as French entrepreneur René Le Bail.

‘Vindigo owes its elegant blue color to a natural pigment found in the grape skin, anthocyanin,’ according to the company’s Facebook page.

‘It has pleasant aromas of cherry, raspberry and passion fruit,’ the page says.

No category for ‘blue wine’ currently exists in European Union rules, but Vindigo is the latest of several such products to launch in the last couple of years.

Vindigo made headlines this week when it emerged that the wine has gone on sale in Sète, in the south of France.