Les Belles Echappées

Soil

The vineyards are planted in a wide variety of situations, but paradoxically most areas have good water conditions. Limestone scree at higher altitudes is the least fertile, marl from clay-based scree provides good drought-resistant conditions, and lower down, deep safres or glacis based on limestone materials are perfectly regulated terroirs.

Grapes

50 % Grenache noir
50 % Syrah

Harvest and Vinification

Long vatting period averaging 28 days. Free-run juice only.
Aged for three months in barrels of several wines.

Tasting notes

In Gigondas, these grape varieties produce full-bodied, ripe, powerful wines with very distinctive aromatic profiles.
We set out to create a cuvée which, while combining these characteristics, has a profile with a hint of freshness, a balance in which the tannins melt away and give the cuvée great accessibility. A sunny wine whose power is elegantly tamed by the ageing process.

Sommelier Advices

Serve at 14°C.