Costières de Nîmes Safranée Rouge - Château Grand Escalion

Château Grand Escalion
Costières de Nîmes Safranee 2020

AOP Costières de Nîmes Red

Food & wine pairings

Velouté de potimarron aux châtaignes, carré de porc rôti

Detailed information

Vintage

Au début des vendanges, toutes les conditions étaient réunies pour la réussite de ce millésime : un automne pluvieux assurant une recharge hydrique optimale, un hiver doux et sec, un été marqué par des journées chaudes et des nuits assez fraîches pour préserver les baies. Les vendanges ont débuté la 3ème semaine d’août et se sont déroulées dans des conditions optimales avec des raisins magnifiques, une belle maturité et un état sanitaire excellent.

Grape varieties

80% Syrah, 20% 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 3rd September 2021. 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.

70% of the cuvée was matured for 10 months in French oak barrels.

Bottled on 29th July 2021: 12 673 bottles and 196 magnums produced.

Vegan friendly.

Service

Open one hour before serving between 13° and15°C.

Degree of alcohol

15% 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.