Costières de Nîmes Safranée Rouge - Château Grand Escalion

Château Grand Escalion
Costières de Nîmes Safranee 2021

AOP Costières de Nîmes Red

Tasting

Belle robe violine due à la prédominance de la Syrah. A l’ouverture, nez fin, flatteur sur des petits fruits noirs (cerise, cassis) avec une touche d’épice. Un palais velouté, frais et élégant aux notes de violette en fin de bouche

Food & wine pairings

Porcini mushroom soup and parmesan crips.

Grilled rack of lamb with “herbes de provence”

Detailed information

Grape varieties

80% Syrah, 20% Grenache

Terroir

Parcel selection of 4 ha, on Villafranchian quartzitic pebbles deposited by the Rhône, lying on limono-clayey hillsides (Grenache & Mourvèdre) and on red clay soils (Syrah). This terroir produces small grape bunches, well ventilated and guaranteeing perfect sanitary conditions.

Winemaking

Harvested from September 10th to 13th 2021. The destemmed grapes were placed directly into tanks without crushing.Maceration lasted 4 weeks with daily pumping-over to favour the diffusion of the tannins and a gentle concentration.85% of the cuvée was matured for 10 months in French oak barrels.
Bottled on 28th July 2022. 6 503 bottles and 20 magnums produced.

Service

Serve at 13-15°C (60°-65°F). Ideally open 1 hour prior to serving.

Optimum maturity:2021 – 2027

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 40 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.