Ogier Heritages Côtes Du Rhône Rouge 2019 (France)

Description

• Ripe red berries
• Subtle spice
• Elegant & complex
• Silky tannins

Deep ruby with purple highlights in the glass with an expressive, elegant, complex nose. The palate displays flavors of ripe red berries, lightly spicy and hints of undergrowth. Full and very attractive palate with freshness and silky tannins.

Ogier has been based in Chateauneuf-du-Pape for over 150 years and has sought to raise awareness of this remarkable appellation. The company has gained a special understanding of the region. The Héritages range is a product of Ogier’s hundred-year-old expertise & the finest of the Côtes du Rhône terroirs.

This GSM blend is a poduct of Ogier's hundered year old expertise and finest Rhone terroirs. Granache, Syrah and Mourdvedre grapes were sourced from selected forty year old vines and blended carefully to produce this wines full bodied palate of structured fruit with hints of mild spices. These vineyards are situated on the Villafrancien terraces of St Marcel d’Ardèche, on the hills of Avignon and Roquemaure – Sand from the 'Aigues' valley – and layered stones on slopes from the 'Plan de Dieu'. In the winery the juice spent 6 months in oak barrels called 'foudres' (4 to 40 years old) and 'cuves tronconiques' (12 years old).