Costières de Nîmes AOP Les Hauts de Coste-Rives Rouge, Château Saint-Bénézet

Grower: Yann Soulairac and Elise Bosse-Platiere

Age of Vines: 35 years old

Grapes: 50% Syrah, 50% Grenache

Village: Saint-Gilles, Gard

Region: Rhône Valley

Soil: Quartz pebbles called ‘gress’

Production Methods: Grapes hand harvested then selected on tables before fermentation with skin contact. Traditional methods and temperature control to keep all the natural fruits aromas. No oak.

Special Features: Terroir formed by a large terrace with some Quartz rolled pebbles from ancestral sediment of the Rhone and Durance River. These pebbles return the heat collect with the sun during the day over the night balanced by the marine wind from the Mediterranean Sea which give a perfect condition for each cycle of the vines.

Country: France