Château d'Esclans - Garrus 2017
Provence
Rosé
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Drink or Keep
16/20
Bettane & Desseauve
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93/100
James Suckling
Garrus is the château's prestigious cuvée made from Grenache and Rôlle grapes, matured for 10 months in demi-muids. The nose is delicately perfumed with notes of vanilla and sweet spices. The wood brings a more sustained structure than usual rosés, but without forgetting freshness, fruit and spicy notes. A rosé made to last, which can be left to age for several years. A great bottle! Delivery in wooden crates for orders of 3 bottles of this wine (excluding Point Relais delivery).
Features
Estate
Château d'Esclans
Cuvée
Garrus
Vintage
2017
Designation
Côtes de Provence
Region
Provence
Grape varieties
Grenache, Rolle
Terroirs
Selection of top-quality plots
Viticulture
Traditional and reasoned
Harvest
At optimum maturity
Winemaking
Destemming and light crushing at 7-8°C to avoid oxidation. 90% free-run juice and 10% first press juice. No maceration. Alcoholic fermentation in new and 2nd-year demi-muids (600L). Bâtonnage in Burgundian style twice a week for 10 months.
Alcohol content
14%
Tasting & pairing
Eye
Salmon pink color
Nose
Notes of red fruits, spices and pepper
Mouth
Fine and powerful. Well-controlled acidity. Very nice, fresh length.
Serve
at 10-12°C
Open
1/2h before
Drink from
2018
Drink before
2023
Food and wine pairing
Enjoy with lobster or crayfish.
Château d'Esclans
Côtes de Provence
Expert opinion
Bettane & Desseauve
Rated (2018 guide) 16/20 (Vintage 2016) (Very good wine)
Domaine rated (2018 guide) 2*Stars (A serious and recommendable production but a little more regular and homogeneous than the previous one)
About the domain :
Since 2006, this estate has belonged to Sacha Lichine, former owner of Château Prieuré-Lichine in Margaux. With the help of Patrick Léon (ex-Mouton-Rothschild), he has largely taken over to produce wines of great definition. Their Garrus cuvée is probably the most expensive Provence rosé on the market.
Guide Hachette des vins
Rated domain (2018 guide) Awarded wines (The wines of this producer are regularly awarded by the guide)
About the domain :
A famous match manufacturer from Marseilles in the 1850s, Joseph Toussaint Caussemille was one of the many owners of Château d'Esclans, and gave his name to the estate, which was commissioned by a 19th-century building inspired by Tuscan villas and built on the remains of a medieval château. Sacha Lichine, son of the late Alexis Lichine, former owner of Château Prieuré-Lichine, took over this 267-hectare estate (including 44 hectares of vines) in 2006, renowned for its wood-aged rosés.
James Suckling
Rated (2017 guide) 94/100 (Vintage 2016)
Customer reviews
Customer rating
4/5
out of 3 reviews
Note and review by M. JACQUES D. Published on 05/12/2023
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Note and review by M. LAURENT D. Published on 13/12/2018
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Note and review by M. ARNAUD P. Published on 08/11/2018
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