Château d’Or et de Gueules, Trassegum, Costières de Nîmes

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Tasted by: Andrew Jefford
(at Caissargues, 09 Apr 2018)
Drinking Window: 2018 - 2020
Diane de Puymorin and Mathieu Chatain’s 60ha property is amply supplied with old vines (some 40% of plantings are over 50 years old), and the domain produces a wide range of carefully differentiated cuvées. This mid-priced wine is a blend of Syrah with 25% 80-year-old Carignan (vinified by carbonic maceration) and 25% old Mourvèdre. It gets a year in wooden barrels and then eight months in concrete before release. The wine has plenty of alluring, almost smoky plum and bramble fruit and a structured, deep, earthy flavour which finishes with a little herbal twist: well-judged and fine value. Trassegum, by the way, means ‘love potion’ in Occitan.
Château d’Or et de Gueules, Trassegum 2016
Producer
Château d’Or et de Gueules
Brand
Trassegum
Vintage
2016
Wine Type
Still
Colour
Red
Country
France
Region
Appellation
Costières de Nîmes
Sweetness
Dry
Closure
Cork
Alcohol
13.50%
Body
Full
Oak
Oaked
Grapes
50% Syrah / Shiraz