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Côtes-du-Rhône Les Deux Albions, Château de Saint Cosme, Rhône Valley, France

Name: Côtes-du-Rhône Les Deux Albions, Château de Saint Cosme, Rhône Valley, France
Brand: Côtes-du-Rhône Les Deux Albions, Château de Saint Cosme, Rhône Valley, France
SKU: 3483812500000
Availability: InStock

£17.50

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This Red wine is from one of the very best producers in France, let alone the Southern Rhone, with winemaker Louis Barruol crafting terroir-specific wines. The Red Deux Albion always offers up considerable, complex, vibrant and profound fruitiness irrespective of the vintage, with a high level of quality because its substantial percentage of Syrah lends it excellent consistency. Château St Cosme is situated in the Southern Rhone appellation of Gigondas, and has been owned by the Barruol family for over 500 years. The wine co-fermented Syrah, Grenache, Mourvèdre, Cinsault and Viognier and is

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SKU: 3483812500000 Categories: All Wines, Red Wine Tags: Biodynamic, France, Gigondas, Grenache, Mourvèdre, Rhone Valley, Syrah

Grape Varieties

Grenache
Syrah
Mourvèdre
Cinsault.

Whole cluster fermentation in concrete tanks with wild ferments.
Vatting for six weeks. Ageing in wooden tanks (conical) and concrete tanks.

ABV

14.5%

Biodynamic

75cl

Country	France
Grape	Cinsault, Grenache, Monastrell / Mourvèdre, Syrah / Shiraz

Producer

Without doubt one of the very best producers in France, let alone the Southern Rhone, with winemaker Louis Barruol crafting terroir-specific wines

Chateau de Saint Cosme, nestled in the southern Rhone appellation of Gigondas, sings of history. With its average of 60-year-old vines, over 500 years of Barruol family ownership, and 14th generation winemaker Louis Barruol at the helm, you cannot dispute their establishment.

Louis makes a range of wines, influenced by biodynamic principles. From fantastic bang for your buck Cotes du Rhone (look for plenty of forest fruits and a graphitey nose), to the serious, bold and complex Gigondas single plots, there’s something for every palate.

For the latter of these wines, Louis prides himself on the diversity of their geology that results in the three distinctive plots. Le Poste (limestone and sand soils, littered with fossils) produces the most refined wines from the estate. Le Claux, (limestone, clay and small gravels) creates the most “Burgundian Gigondas” with elegance and complexity. By contrast, the deepest and most powerful wines from the estate come from the Hominis Fides terroir (sandy and limestone soils) resulting in texture and refined tannins.

The formula they use for winemaking is roughly identical to what his grandfather used at Saint Cosme until 1949, the year of his dramatic and premature death. Deux Albion is fermented in our old concrete tanks whose walls are 80 cm thick – the thermal inertia in them is amazing and native yeast populations thrive in them. This is a little discussed topic in the world of wine – the ecosystems of native yeast in wineries and the Louis notes It’s a shame because he believes it is a fundamental aspect of the quality and identity of wines.

Not stopping at Rhone, Louis’ passion for terroir took him to New York, where he grows Pinot Noir and Riesling in the Finger Lakes.