Le Flacon

AOP Costières de Nîmes

Description

This wine has an deep black colour and expresses intense notes of ripe fruit ( blackcurrants, blackberries) and candied fruit with an unusual complexity and finesse. The palate is deep, mellow and soft, with a complexity dominated by aromas of incense, coffee, crushed berries and beautifully accentuate by a spicy finish.

Terroir

Château Saint-Louis La Perdrix is located in the commune of Bellegarde, in the heart of the Camargue, between Nîmes and Arles. It boasts 50 hectares of vines on a single piece of land and 7 hectares of olive trees. Its soil, made up of smooth pebbles, is conducive to a maturation of the grapes on a par with the finest wines in the Rhône Valley.

Winemaking

The Carignan is vinified in whole bunches to intensify the aromatic expression. The other grape varieties are vinified separately with long three-week vatting periods at 25-30°C. This long maceration lends the wine a remarkable tannic structure. Malolactic fermentation takes place in barrels with a stirring on the lees. After racking, a 12-month ageing in barrels refines the tannins and adds complexity to the bouquet.