Rasteau Cotes du Rhone Villages: Saint Gayan 2008
Description
The Saint Gayan is a strapping Rasteau with dark ruby colour, copious quantities of chocolate and black cherry flavours and warming tannins.
- Style: Red Wine, Dry (Sec), Full-bodied
- Region: Rhone, Cotes du Rhone,
- Producer: Jean-Pierre Meffre
- Vintage: 2008
- Grape variety (Cépage): Cinsault, Grenache Noir, Mourvèdre, Syrah
- Wine pairing - drink with: Casserole
- Cellarage: This wine appreciates 2-3 years of bottle age from the vintage, but will continue to improve for a further 5 years.
- Vinification: Old vines and a minimum of 20 days' vatting at a high-ish temperature ensures concentrated extraction. Each grape variety is fermented separately. The wines spend 2 years in cuve then a further year in oak casks.
- Alcohol by Volume (ABV): 14.5%
- Full Tasting Notes (PDF): Download
Rasteau Côtes du Rhône Villages: Saint Gayan 2008
The Meffres have been vignerons at Gigondas since the 17th Century. It is now one of the communes finest estates. There are 33 hectares from which Jean-Pierre produces Gigondas, Côtes du Rhône, Rasteau Côtes du Rhône and Côtes du Rhône Villages. The majority of the vines are 50 years old with patches up to 100 years. The gently sloping hills are windswept by the Mistral which, although reducing yields, keep the vines clean and pest free.