Region: France - Cotes du Rhone - Rasteau
Grapes: Grenache, Mourvedre
Alcohol: 14.5%
Notes on the Wine
Moderately dense very dark red with a thin purple rim. Warm, extroverted aroma offering sweet blackberry and black raspberry fruit typical of Rasteau together with tertiary accents. The palate is dominated by sweet, ripe black berries and is lasting, revealing the first signs of bottle development. This is not a dense, potent Rasteau, rather one exhibiting clarity and moderate concentration.
Notes on the Producer
The wine estate of Chateau du Trignon was acquired in 1895 by Joseph Roux and run by his descendants until 2007, when Pascal Roux, a passionate winemaker, who had kept the quality of the wine at the highest levels, sold the vineyard to another esteemed Rhone Valley winemaker, Jerome Quiot , who also owns and runs Domaine du Vieux Lazaret in Chateauneuf du Pape and Domaine Houchart in Provence. The wine is made from 150 acres of vines in five villages: Gigondas, Vacqueyras, Rasteau, Sablet and Beaumes de Venise.
