Costières de Nîmes Amoureuse Rosé - Château Grand Escalion

Château Grand Escalion
Costières de Nîmes 2018

AOP Costières de Nîmes Rosé

Awards

BRONZE Concours des vins de Mâcon

Tasting

This vintage has a very bright freshness highlighted by aromas of red fruits and citrus.

Food & wine pairings

Tian of Provencal vegetables

Cod fillets and crushed tomatoes with coriander

Detailed information

Vintage

Autumn was exceptionally dry. Spring reversed the trend with a significant accumulation of rain between April and June. The Summer months of 2018 were marked by sustained high temperatures yet with the water reserves accumulated during Spring, the vegetative cycle progressed without stress. A light storm on August 10th brought a welcome rainfall and the ripening process completed without incident. The harvest was carried out under dry conditions and was finished before the late September rains arrived.

Grape varieties

66% Grenache, 34% Syrah

Terroir

For this vintage, Grenaches come from silty-clay slopes covered with pebbles and the Syrah grapes were harvested on clay-ride soils directly surrounding the estate

Winemaking

To favour aromatic freshness and vivacity, the grapes were harvested during the early hours of the day when temperatures were at their coolest. The clear must, obtained by direct pressing followed by a 48h cold settling, is then fermented at low temperature under 14°C.

Bottled on Decembre 13, 2018.

33 000 bottles produced.

Vegan Friendly.

Service

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

Degree of alcohol

13% 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.