Château Grand Escalion
Costières de Nîmes Safranee 2019
AOP Costières de Nîmes Red
Awards
- 88 pts Jeb Dunnuck 01/2022
- ARGENT Decanter 06/2021
Tasting
“It’s a delicious, ripe, medium-bodied red offering lots of darker fruits as well as notes of tapenade, garrigue, and pepper, with a touch of saltiness on the finish. It’s another well-made, delicious wine from this estate.” Jeb Dunnuck, Jan 2022
“It’s a delicious, ripe, medium-bodied red offering lots of darker fruits as well as notes of tapenade, garrigue, and pepper, with a touch of saltiness on the finish. It’s another well-made, delicious wine from this estate.” Jeb Dunnuck, Jan 2022
Food & wine pairingsVegetarian Chili
Roast rack of pork
Vegetarian Chili
Roast rack of pork
Detailed information
Vintage
Due to the high temperatures in July and August and very low rainfall, the harvest started ten days later compared to 2018. Skins were thin and tannins very elegant, with notes of blackurrant and pepper. While the yields vary from plot to plot, the harvest on the estate was rather small overall. This vintage is dominated by aromatic concentration and purity of fruit.
Grape varieties
75% Syrah, 25% Grenache
Terroir
Parcel selection of 4 ha:
– quarztite pebbles deposited by the Rhône, over alluvial clay hillside (Grenache)
– red clay soils (Syrah)
Winemaking
Harvested from September 13rd 2019. The destemmed grapes were placed directly into tanks without crushing.
Fermentation- maceration lasted 4 weeks with daily pumping-over to favour the diffusion of the tannins and a gentle concentration.
50% of the cuvée was matured for 11 months in French oak barrels.
Bottled on 28th juillet 2020 : 20 824 bouteilles et 251 magnums
Service
Serve at 13-15°C. Ideally open 1 hour prior to serving.
Optimum maturity: 2020 – 2026
Degree of alcohol
15% vol.
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.
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