Costières de Nîmes Amoureuse Rosé - Château Grand Escalion

Château Grand Escalion
Costières de Nîmes 2019

AOP Costières de Nîmes Rosé

Awards

88 pts - Best Buy Wine Enthusiast

Tasting

This vintage offers a beautiful freshness, highlighted by red and citrus fruit aromas.

Food & wine pairings

Tian of Provencal vegetables

Cod fillets and crushed tomatoes with coriander

Detailed information

Vintage

After a dry spring and heatwave period between June and August, the vine finally adapted well it produced small but perfect healthy grappes full of aromas. At the end of the summer, there were a few welcomed storms which allowed the berries to reach maturity. The vintage promises to be of good quality with volumes about 10% lower than last year.

Grape varieties

60% Grenache, 40% Syrah

Terroir

Grenaches and Syrah came from terroir mainly composed of clay. Those parcels, around the estate, have the deepest soils. As a result, the vines reached their optimal water conditions, ensuring lower degrees, beautiful pale hues and great aromatic freshness.

Winemaking

The harvest – slightly later than in 2018 – began on August 29th. The grapes were harvested at night and very early in the morning to preserve their aromatic richness. The limpid musts, obtained by direct pressing followed by cold settling for 48 hours, were then fermented at low temperature (12-14°C).

Bottled in December 2019.

Vegan friendly

Service

Serve between 10 and 12°C, within 3 years of age.

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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.