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Les Vignerons du Castelas Cotes Du Rhone 2007 Wine Review

Les Vignerons du Castelas Cotes Du Rhone 2007

Les Vignerons du Castelas Cotes Du Rhone 2007

Southern Rhone, France

Community Score:90/100

Community Reviews: 2

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Price: $15.95

Drink: Now

Bottle size: 750 ml

Alcohol: 13.5%

Wine Type: Red Wine


Winery: Les Vignerons du Castelas

Agent: Connexion Oenophilia

Natalie's Score: 90/100

Fantastically tasty, with deep rich notes of black raspberry, blackberry, cedar and pepper. I love Rhone wines: they're full-bodied and packed with flavour but never heavy, usually balanced. This one has a vibrancy I adore.

This Les Vignerons du Castelas Cotes Du Rhone 2007 was reviewed on November 7, 2009 by Natalie MacLean

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Soils: Terraces of shingle soils.
70% Syrah and 30% Grenache.
52 hl/hectare.
After selection of special parcels, the grapes are completely destemmed. Fermentation lasts about 2 weeks with monitoring of temperatures (between 25 deg. C and 28 deg. C) Then ageing in tankks during one year prior to bottling.
Description: Deep red garnet, aromatic on the nose with black fruit aromas. On the palate it is full and balanced with smooth tannins.

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