~ "Castillon", Domaine Fontaine du Clos - AOP Vacqueyras Cru ~
APPELLATION AOP Vacqueyras Cru
CÉPAGE SYRAH, GRENACHE
COULEUR Rouge
PAYS FRANCE
RÉGION Rhone Valley, France
DOMAINE Fontaine du Clos- Cotes du Rhone, Vacqueyras, Vaucluse
Varietals:
SYRAH, GRENACHE
Terroir:
Qualitative « Terroir » of the “garrigues of Vacqueyras”. Stony, calcareous-clayey soil with a big proportion of round smooth pebbles.
Planting density: 4000 vines per hectare. Yield: 35
Hectolitres per hectare.
Vinification:
Harvesting is done manually in late September. Winemaking is traditional (destemmed and crushed), then placed in a tank with two daily pumping and a double load shedding until racking.
During 16 months, the wine is aged in barrels for maturation and bottled for optimum aging.
Tasting notes:
View: Dark and shiny dress
Nose: Sparkle and elegance on the nose with black fruit (blackberry), dried herbs of the “garrigue”, crushed olives, but also graphite.
Mouth: lovely with sweetness and roundness in the attack
and of the flesh. The finish is long with soft tannins on the
cherry and white tobacco enhanced with a touch of toast.
Food recommendations:
This wine will match very well with a stew (hare, boar ...), a grilled red meat, and why not justwith a cigar by the fire?
14.5% vol.
Serving temperature: 18°C
It will hold its promises during minimum 5 to 7 years.