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Vin de Pays du Gard, Chateau Grande Cassagne - Nimes
Vin de Pays du Gard, Chateau Grande Cassagne - Nimes
Bottle Price: £7.95
Case Price: £90.6
- Country: France
- Region: Rhone-Alpes
- Grape Variety: Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot
- Alcohol: 13.5%
- Bottle Size: 75cl
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Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon blend makes this full-bodied red from the Darde brothers at Chateau Grande Cassagne.
Chateau Grande Cassagne - Nimes, Costieres de Nimes, Languedoc
The Dardé brothers have made their reputation through the production and marketing of their excellent rosé, but it was their beautifully constructed white and red cuvees that really caught our eye.
With its unprepossessing location on the flat Eastern outskirts of Nimes, windswept by the seemingly unceasing Mistral wind, the domaine is not very alluring, and it is not until the wines hit your palate that the love affair begins. Depth of flavours combined with a silky, freshness that is evident in all their wines showing true craftsmanship at work and a great introduction to the wines of the region.
The southern Rhône sub-region has a more Mediterranean climate with milder winters and hot summers. Drought can be a problem in the area, but limited irrigation is permitted. The differing terroirs, together with the rugged landscape which partly protects the valleys from the Mistral, produce microclimates which give rise to a wide diversity of wines. A feature of the cultivation of the region is the use of large pebbles around the bases of the vines to absorb the heat of the sun during the day to keep the vines warm at night when, due to the cloudless skies, there is often a significant drop in temperature.rs in the large New World wine market.
Costières de Nîmes is an Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée (AOC) for wines that are produced in an area between the ancient city of Nîmes and the western Rhône delta, in the French department of the Gard. Formerly part of the Languedoc region of France, as the wines more resemble those of the Rhône valley in character than of the Languedoc, it is now part of the Rhone wine area and administered by the Rhône Wine committee which has its headquarters in Avignon.
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