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Château Calissanne Coteaux d'Aix-en-Provence Red 2023

Château Calissanne Coteaux d'Aix-en-Provence rouge 2023

Coteaux d'Aix-en-Provence|Red wine

3.8/5 (2019 / 5 customers)

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A Coteaux d'Aix-en-Provence with a beautiful, luminous red color that reveals a very expressive nose with aromas of dark fruits (blackberry, blackcurrant) and licorice. A red wine that showcases aromas of the Mediterranean, garrigue, and wild red berries...

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Estate

Château Calissanne

Vintage

2023

Designation

Coteaux d'Aix-en-Provence

Region

Provence

Grape Varieties

60% Syrah, 40% Cabernet-Sauvignon

Regions

Clay-limestone soils, south-facing

Viticulture

Reasoned

Grape Harvest

Manuals

Wine Production

Cold pre-fermentation maceration (10–12 °C), extraction through pumping over and racking at the start of fermentation with temperature control in concrete tanks, followed by post-fermentation maceration at 28–30 °C

Livestock Farming

In tanks

Alcohol content

13.5%

Eye

A beautiful, bright red color

Nose

Full-bodied with notes of dark fruits (blackberry, blackcurrant) and licorice

Palate

Fresh and rich, with notes of black pepper and blackcurrant; well-balanced with a lovely finish

Serve

At 16°C

Drink before

2031

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Bettane & Desseauve

Winery rated 1*Star (A high-quality, recommendable production that lives up to what one would expect from its appellation(s))

About the estate:

Calissanne is located in Lançon-de-Provence. This very large Provençal estate spans 1,100 hectares, including 110 hectares of vineyards and 60 hectares of olive groves, forming a single, contiguous plot of land facing due south. The terroir consists of brown, stony, well-drained soils over Urgonian limestone colluvium, which are ideally suited for growing grapes and olives. Planted on gently sloping hillsides across 25 plots, 11 grape varieties are used in the production of Calissanne’s wines. Legend has it that the famous calissons of Aix—a sweet treat made from almond paste—take their name from a hillside in Calissanne that was once planted with almond trees.

Guide Hachette des vins

Rated estate (2020 guide) Award-winning wines (This producer’s wines regularly receive awards from the guide)

About the estate:

Once a Celtic-Ligurian stronghold, La Calissanne was owned by the Order of Saint John of Jerusalem in the Middle Ages, by a parliamentarian from Aix in the 17th century, by a soap manufacturer in the 19th century, and finally, in 2001, by businessman Philippe Kessler, who passed away in 2008. Today, Sophie Kessler-Matière, his wife, manages this vast 1,200-hectare estate, which includes 60 hectares of olive groves and about 100 hectares of vineyards, spread across 25 plots of gently sloping, stony hillsides. This cornerstone of the Côteaux-d’Aix AOC—managed for twenty-five years by Jean Bonnet, who conducted an in-depth analysis of the vineyard’s planting strategy and maintenance—is now led by Christophe Barraud.

Customer Rating

(2019 Vintage)

3.8/5

based on 5 reviews