Château d'Esclans Les Clans Rosé (Côtes de Provence)

Ficha técnica

Tipo

Rosé

Uva

Rosé

País

France

Região

Côtes de Provence

Denominação

Côtes de Provence

Corpo

full

Acidez

medium

Doçura

dry

Safras avaliadas

• 201592 pts

  This wood-aged rosé is complex and intense. The rich fruit is only one part of the structure of the wine which is perfumed, mineral and, for a rosé, dense. It is surely intended for food with its concentration and ripe aftertaste. The extra year of aging has made it ready to dri…

• 201491 pts

  Pale in the extreme, this wood-aged wine is a sister to the estate's top cuvée, Garrus. This wine is maybe less intense and more approachable when young, although still with the same beautiful fruit. Red berries shine through the edge of toastiness and spice, balanced by good ac…

• 201391 pts

  Always released after a further year's aging, this rich and full-bodied wine is now at its peak. With a dense texture, layers of spice and vanilla as well as intense red fruits, this powerful wine expresses the more complex side of Provence rosé. Drink now.

• 201291 pts

  One of the two luxury wines from Château d'Esclans, Les Clans is rich, wood-aged and full of ripe and rounded fruit flavors. With the extra year of aging, it has lost some initial freshness but has gained complexity and structure. The wine is full-bodied while remaining very sty…

• 201191 pts

  The extra year gives this wine quite different flavors from the forward fruitiness of Provence rosé. It now has a richer, more complex character and weight of ripe fruit, caramel and vanilla flavors. This is a serious, food friendly rosé.

• 201089 pts

  Ripe, smooth and toasty, this has the feel and texture of Chardonnay. It is full and rounded, yet its acidity and red fruit character lend elegance.

• 200988 pts

  Ripe raspberry fruit with a vanilla overlay also shows a rich, herbal character, touches of spice and bright final acidity.

• 200889 pts

  This smells ripe and full, and the palate confirms it. The wine is wood-aged and this broadens its character—the extra year means fruit is diminished, while the richness is increased. The finale brings some essential acidity.

• 200787 pts

  Dominated by toasty, coconutty aromas, with just hints of peach and hazelnut. Hold six months and see what emerges; right now, this wine is defined more by technique (barrel-fermentation and aging) than terroir.