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Château Simone Rouge 2007

Château Simone Rouge 2007

Château Simone Rouge - a rare unreconstructed historical gem that belies comparison. Complex ‘cigar box’, sandalwood and sous bois aromas precede a rich, evolved palate with some mushroom and resinous notes – it is often mistaken for top-quality Bordeaux. Plump tannins and a balanced acidity yield a red wine that improves considerably with bottle age.

Bottle

£33.50
Bottle (case)

£402.00

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Château Simone Rouge 2007

The celebrated Château Simone rouge, that accounts for half the production, is blended from Grenache, Mourvèdre and Cinsault and a smattering of curious like Castelas and Branforcas that are all vinified together in large, Hungarian oak vats and then racked into traditional barrels for a 12 month élevage before bottling.
It is such an individual wine that attempts to describe it are always difficult – there is some of the gravitas of a venerable old claret coupled with an untamed, sun-kissed, spicy Provençal edge and a fine structure of tannins that will support at least 10 years bottle-age. Sixth generation Château Simone patron René Rougier jokes that “its typicality is that it is atypical”, so the only answer really is to try a bottle!

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Victoria Moore - Daily Telegraph, 30/03/2012. says:
Jason Yapp of Yapp Brothers likes garlic lamb and ratatouille with Château Simone 2007 France. From the teeny appellation of Palette near Aix-en-Provence, it’s made with grenache, mourvèdre and syrah. Jason sent me a bottle, warning that it “reveals its charms slowly but merits persistence”. That proved just right; Château Simone is the sort of wine I love to drink and always fear I shall miss in the hurly-burly of the tasting room: a wine with restraint but a hint of wildness.

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Style: Red Wine, Dry (Sec), Full-bodied
Region: Provence, Palette
Producer: Château Simone (René Rougier)
Vintage: 2007
Grape variety (Cépage): Cabernet Sauvignon, Syrah, Mourvèdre, Grenache Noir, Cinsault, Other local varietals
Wine pairing - drink with: Beef, Lamb
Cellarage: Approachable after 2 years but will improve over 10 in a good vintage.
Vinification: Hand harvested (90%), de-stemmed grapes undergo a 15 day cuvaison in large old Hungarian oak barrels of various sizes. After a year in wood and four rackings, the wine is assembled and put into smaller standard casks to marry for a further year before fining and bottling.
Alcohol by Volume (ABV): 13%