Winery Grands EsclansCuvée Castrum Côtes de Provence Rouge
Red wine
This wine generally goes well with beef, lamb or mature and hard cheese.
The Cuvée Castrum Côtes de Provence Rouge of the Winery Grands Esclans is in the top 5 of wines of Côtes de Provence.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Cuvée Castrum Côtes de Provence Rouge of Winery Grands Esclans in the region of Provence often reveals types of flavors of pepper, non oak or earth and sometimes also flavors of oak, spices or black fruit.
Food and wine pairings with Cuvée Castrum Côtes de Provence Rouge
Pairings that work perfectly with Cuvée Castrum Côtes de Provence Rouge
Original food and wine pairings with Cuvée Castrum Côtes de Provence Rouge
The Cuvée Castrum Côtes de Provence Rouge of Winery Grands Esclans matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of beef stew with white wine, lamb chops with tarragon cream or sheep's feet with mountain honey.
Details and technical informations about Winery Grands Esclans's Cuvée Castrum Côtes de Provence Rouge.
Discover the grape variety: Gros Colman
From the South Caucasus, perhaps in Georgia, some writings give it as coming from Russia, a country close to the previous one. For a long time, it was grown in greenhouses, particularly in Belgium, but also in England, France, Holland and Japan. It was rarely cultivated in the field, but a few attempts were made without much success on the banks of the Rhine, in the Tarn et Garonne region and in Thomery in the Seine et Marne region. Today, it is no longer multiplied in nurseries and is therefore in danger of extinction. It is thought to be the result of a natural intraspecific cross between white tigvoasa or furjmony feher - a Romanian variety with female flowers - and black kadarka. There is a clone that takes on a very characteristic purple color in the fall, with larger berries, larger bunches and later ripening.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Cuvée Castrum Côtes de Provence Rouge from Winery Grands Esclans are 2013, 2007, 2016, 2008 and 2003.
Informations about the Winery Grands Esclans
The Winery Grands Esclans is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 7 wines for sale in the of Côtes de Provence to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Côtes de Provence
The AOC Côtes de Provence is the largest appellation in the Provence wine region of southeastern France. It covers about 20,000 hectares of vineyards, which produce the vast majority of Provence's rosé wine. This appellation includes most of the vineyards in the Var department - essentially the eastern half of the Provence wine region - with the exception of 2,250 hectares North of Toulon which are reserved for the Côteaux Varois en Provence appellation. Although it also covers red and white wine, about 80% of Côtes de Provence production is rosé.
The wine region of Provence
Provence is a wine region in the far southeast of France, best known for the quality (and quantity) of its rosé wines and for its Warm, mild Climate. The modernization that is taking place in many of the traditional wine regions of southern France has not yet taken place to the same extent in Provence, but there are Clear signs of change. The region's Grape varieties, in particular, have come under scrutiny in recent decades. Traditional varieties such as Carignan, Barbaroux (Barbarossa from Sardinia) and Calitor are being replaced by more commercially viable varieties such as Grenache, Syrah and even Cabernet Sauvignon.
The word of the wine: Density per hectare
Number of vines per hectare. For the same yield, a vine planted with 3,000 vines per hectare bears many more bunches (per vine) than a vine planted with 10,000. The grapes will therefore be less rich in sugar and polyphenols (tannins, aromas...).
