Costières de Nîmes Romane Blanc - Château Grand Escalion

Château Grand Escalion
Costières de Nîmes Romane 2020

AOP Costières de Nîmes White

Tasting

This very expressive 2020 vintage shows strong floral and exotic fruit aromas, with rich and generous flavours of white flesh fruits such as pear and peach. The finish is lively and citrussy with a slight note of fresh mint.

Food & wine pairings

Delicious with a seafood platter or grilled vegetables.

Detailed information

Vintage

At the beginning of the harvest, all the conditions were gathered for the success of this vintage: a rainy autumn ensuring optimal water recharging, a mild and dry winter, a summer marked by hot days and nights cool enough to preserve the grapes. The harvest began in the 3rd week of August and took place in optimal conditions with magnificent grapes, a beautiful maturity and an excellent sanitary state.

Grape varieties

40% Grenache Blanc, 40% Roussanne, 20% Rolle

Terroir

The « Romane » parcel is located on clay-rich soil over a thick layer of Pliocene marl, well-adapted to retaining enough water to withstand the summer drought.

These conditions are particularly suitable to the development of white grape varieties which benefit from an excellent water resource.

Winemaking

In order to retain all the finest qualities of the grapes, the harvest took place during the night-time and early morning hours, starting on the 24th of August 2020. Once the grapes arrived in the winery they were immediately pneumatically pressed and the juices blended together.

After a 48hr settling in tank at 12°C, fermentation commenced in tank and then finished in barrel. After 6 months in barrel, the wine settled in tank for a month before being bottled.

Bottled on May 12, 2021.

1.878 bottles produced.

Vegan Friendly.

Service

Enjoy it cool between 10°C to 12°C.

Degree of alcohol

12,5% vol.

Technical sheet HD label HD Packshot

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.