Cairanne Cotes du Rhone Villages ‘La Cote Sauvage’

Winemaker

Julien Dugas

Appellation

Cairanne

Varieties

Grenache/Garnacha, Mourvedre

Viticulture

The Southern Rhône village of Cairanne lies in the heart of the Southern Rhône valley, north east of Orange. For this La Côte Sauvage fully ripe Grenache and Syrah grapes are hand picked from old bush vines on selected hillside slopes within Cairanne, northeast of Orange in the heart of the Rhône valley. The vineyards have the classic argilo-calcaire soil of limestone pebbles over clay.

Soil

Classic argilo-calcaire soil of limestone pebbles over clay.

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Vinification

To make this Cairanne, our winemaker uses traditional vinification techniques - indigenous yeast and a long cuvaison period, followed by maturation for 22 months in mostly old French oak barrels to develop great concentration, complexity and finesse in the wine.

Features

Vegan

Available Sizes (L)

0.750