Côtes du Rhône Villages Plan de Dieu Saint-Mapalis - Gabriel Meffre

Gabriel Meffre
Côtes du Rhône Villages Plan de Dieu “Saint Mapalis” 2022

AOP Côtes du Rhône Villages Plan de Dieu Red

Tasting

This Côtes du Rhône Villages Plan de Dieu seduces with its notes of black fruit and cocoa, along with a touch of licorice. The palate is rich and harmonious.

Food & wine pairings

With a nice charcuterie platter or a confit duck salad.

Detailed information

Vintage

A vintage with considerable sunshine in the Spring and Summer, similar to 2003. These conditions caused the vines to develop and ripen at a more accelerated pace. Flowering however took place relatively well and in good conditions. Welcome August rains stabilized the situation and allowed the harvest to take place between mid-August and mid-October. The result, from this atypical vintage, ended up producing wines with a solid structure and lovely deep fruit.

Grape varieties

Grenache - Syrah - Mourvèdre

Terroir

Large alluvial terraces (plateau des Garrigues). The subsoil is a combination of blue clay, sandstone and cobalt from the Quaternary period.

Winemaking

The grapes are meticulously sorted, crushed and destemmed before fermentation which lasts for 3 to 5 weeks. The wine is then racked off before undergoing malolactic fermentation and spending up to 6 months in vat before bottling.

Vegan Friendly

Service

Enjoy it at a 13-15°C, now or up to 5/6 years of age.

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Gabriel Meffre

Delicious and savoury from day one: this is the commitment of our Gabriel Meffre "signature" wines. For each appellation, and in keeping with the characteristics of the vintage, our know-how is recognisable through our experienced blending of "terroirs" and grape varieties and through our careful maturing, favouring purity of fruit and silkyness of texture. Already enjoyable in their first year after bottling, the Crus also have good aging potential.