Costières de Nîmes Rosé - Château Grand Escalion

Château Grand Escalion
Costières de Nîmes Amoureuse 2019

AOP Costières de Nîmes Rosé

Awards

91 pts Wine Enthusiast

Tasting

Under its pale rosé colour, it is a food-friendly wine with aromas of fresh, red fruits and an invigorating acidity. Ample and round on the palate, it finishes long and voluptuous.

Food & wine pairings

Gravlax of wild salmon with citrus
Linguine with prawns, curry-coconut sauce

Detailed information

Vintage

After a dry spring and several heat waves between June and August, the vines adapted to the conditions and produced small, concentrated and very flavourful berries. A few welcome rainstorms towards the end of the summer allowed the grapes to be picked perfectly ripe. The vintage is of very high quality with approximately 10% less volume than 2018.

Grape varieties

70% Grenache, 8% Mourvèdre, 7% Syrah, 15% cépages blancs (Rolle, Roussanne, Grenache blanc)

Terroir

The parcels from which the grapes for this cuvée are produced come primarily from clay-rich soils, with the exception of a plot of Grenache, with a richer profile, coming from a pebble-rich hillside vineyard.

Winemaking

The grapes were harvested starting at 3am and until early morning while the temperatures were still cool, and pressed directly upon arriving in the winery. Racking-off of the must after a 48h static settling at 15°C (59°F). A long fermentation took place over 25 days in closed cement vats at a cool temperature of no more than 14°C (57°F). At the end of the alcoholic fermentation the wine was racked off and left to settle naturally in the autumnal coolness of the cellar.

Bottled on January 15th 2020. 8 552 bottles produced.

Vegan Wine

Service

Serve between 10 and 12°C (50°-54°F) within 3 years of age.

Degree of alcohol

13,5% vol.

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Château Grand Escalion

Located in Générac, south of the Roman city of Nîmes, Château Grand Escalion is an estate dating back to 1884. Since 2002, it has been managed by Maison Gabriel Meffre. The vineyard's 44 hectares are spread over a single area surrounding the estate and stretch across gentle slopes. The Château owes its name to the word “Escalion”, meaning “ascent” in Provençal. The Estate produces red, rosé and white Costières de Nîmes. The grape varieties and our terroir enable the vineyard manager, Nicolas Speranza, to capitalise on the great potential of the appellation by creating single-vineyard cuvées.