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Château d'Esclans - Les Clans 2017

Name: Château d'Esclans - Les Clans 2017
Brand: Château d'Esclans
Rating: 4 (5 reviews)

Côtes de Provence|Rosé wine

4/5 (5 customers)

93/100

James Suckling

(2016 vintage notes)

With its delicate pale pink color, Les Clans is the "little sister" cuvée of the prestigious Garrus. The wine is light and accessible when young. It has a pleasant and elegant fruitiness of red berries, sweet spices, and a lively tension that brings the expected freshness. Delivery in wooden cases for orders of 3 bottles of this wine (excluding Point Relais delivery method).

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Estate

Château d'Esclans

Vintage

Les Clans

Vintage

2017

Designation

Côtes de Provence

Region

Provence

Grape varieties

Grenache et Rolle

Viticulture

Traditional and refined

Grape harvest

At optimal maturity

Wine making

Destemming and light crushing at 7-8°C to prevent oxidation. 90% free-run juice, 10% press juice. No maceration. Alcoholic fermentation in new and second-year 600L demi-muids. Burgundy-style bâtonnage twice a week for 10 months.

Alcohol content

14%

Eye

Light orange salmon color

Nose

Presents subtle wood spices and intense aromas of red fruits.

Mouth

Beautiful texture. Structure, richness, power on the palate.

Serve

at 10-12°C

Open

30 minutes before

Drink from

2018

Drink before

2022

Food and wine pairings

Pairs well with asparagus and avocado tartare, sea bream with fennel...

More information on Château d'Esclans

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Bettane & Desseauve

Rated estate (2018 guide) 2 stars (A serious and recommendable production, but a little more consistent and uniform than the previous one)

About the estate:

Since 2006, this estate has belonged to Sacha Lichine, former owner of Château Prieuré-Lichine in Margaux. He has taken it back into his own hands to produce wines of great definition, with the help of Patrick Léon (formerly of Mouton-Rothschild). Their Garrus cuvée is probably the most expensive Provence rosé on the market.

Guide Hachette des vins

Rated estate (2018 guide) Award-winning wines (This producer's wines are regularly awarded by the guide)

About the estate:

A famous match manufacturer in Marseille in the 1850s, Joseph Toussaint Caussemille was one of the many owners of Château d'Esclans and gave his name to this estate, which is dominated by a 19th-century building inspired by Tuscan villas and built on the ruins of a medieval castle. Sacha Lichine, son of the late Alexis Lichine, former owner of Château Prieuré-Lichine, took over this 267-hectare estate (including 44 hectares of vineyards) in 2006. It is renowned for its rosé wines aged in oak.

James Suckling

Wine rated 93/100 (2016 vintage)

Customer rating

4/5

based on 5 reviews