| Winery |
Famille Perrin Rasteau L'Andeol 2021 |
| Vintage |
2021 |
| Region |
Rhone |
| Grape |
Grenache & Blends |
| Style |
Red Wine |
| Sweetness |
Dry |
| Body |
Full |
| Tasting note |
PRESENTATION Rasteau is a Southern Rhone appellation that historically produced sweet wines. We were one of the first families to have made a dry wine here. Our Rasteau l'Andéol is opulent and majestic, a wine of pure pleasure, thanks to the high proportion of Grenache with its pronounced expression of ripeness and its powerful tannins.
THE VINTAGE 2021 is a vintage marked by freshness, which is similar to the vintages we had in the eighties and nineties. It is also what we call a "winegrower vintage", human intervention and the care given to the vines were decisive for the quality of the vintage. Marked by climatic vagaries, with an episode of frost in April and interrupted harvest because of rain, this year has indeed required constant investment from our teams in the vineyard. Their attention and their commitment have borne their fruit: this vintage is very promising with lots of freshness and great balance.
LOCATION The two hectares that we cultivate as tenants are to the south of the Rasteau appellation, on south facing slopes relatively protected from the Mistral wind. 95 to 98% of the vines are Grenache. TERROIR Ancient, stony terraces of sandy marl and Pliocene clay.
AGEING A part of the harvest is vinified in whole clusters, with the remainder being destemmed. Temperatures are controlled throughout the vinification process and extraction is by cap punching or pumping over. Following malolactic fermentation, 90% of the wine is aged in stainless-steel vats and 10% in foudres for one year to allow the wine to mellow and develop its characteristic silkiness.
VARIETALS Grenache 80%, Syrah 20% |
| Rating |
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| ABV |
14.5% |
| Size |
750ml |
