Côtes du Rhône Villages Plan de Dieu "Saint Mapalis" <span class='vintage woocommerce_product_title'>2023</span>

Côtes du Rhône Villages Plan de Dieu "Saint Mapalis" <span class='vintage woocommerce_product_title'>2023</span> - Image 2

Gabriel Meffre
Côtes du Rhône Villages Plan de Dieu “Saint Mapalis” 2023

AOP Côtes du Rhône Villages Plan de Dieu Red

Tasting

This wine has notes of small red fruits and garrigue (thyme, sage, rosemary, etc.). The palate is elegant, well balanced with a fruitforward and spicy finish.

Food & wine pairings

This Plan de Dieu “Saint Mapalis” is an ideal companion to lamb stew, vegetables crumble or a pheasant terrine.

Detailed information

Vintage

A dry, mild winter with a few days of violent mistral winds, particularly at the end of January, resulted in a significant water deficit, with only 30 mm of rainfall in 3 months. The drought continued into the mild spring. Rain arrived at bud-break, when the bunches emerged, and then at veraison (between mid-June and mid-July), raising fears of an attack of mildew, which was finally brought under control. Over the summer, the vines held up well against the heatwave at the end of August. Harvesting, which took place quite late, was still hot and dry. The harvested grapes were perfectly healthy, with concentrated berries. To sum up, a late and generous vintage with a highly aromatic profile and lovely texture for well-structured, yet elegant reds.

Grape varieties

Grenache noir, Mourvèdre, Syrah

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.

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.