Château de Saint Cosme
Les Deux Albion
2018
- Organic
- Sustainable
About this winery
In the heart of the appellation Gigondas, the Château de Saint Cosme is an exceptional estate, with its Gallo-Roman fermentation vats perfectly preserved. This fantastic historical site gives a good idea how our ancesters the gallo-romans were living. The property has been in our family since 1490 and we have been vignerons for 14 generations. We have 15 has of old vines (average 60 years old) with a yield of around 27Hos/Ha. The terroir is apparently homogeneous but it’s actually...
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Product notes
Les Deux Albions is the most traditional of the estate's wines.
Production notes
The wine begins its life with a whole harvest co-fermentation with indigenous yeasts and continues it during a long maceration of 6 weeks. It is aged in wooden (truncated cone) and concrete tanks before being bottled, without filtration.
Tasting notes
In its younger days, Deux Albion expresses the fruit, scents of peony and violet, in a most friendly roundness. Then, the mineral gently takes over, refining the whole, expressing the limestone. Food pairings Perfect with a piece of meat like a beef flank steak with sorrel butter served with home fries.