Château de Rouanne Vinsobres

Chateau de Rouanne Vinsobre Bottle

Wine Description

Château de Rouanne is a historic estate with a 12th century medieval castle, situated on a classified Roman site located in the southern Rhône Valley.  The name of the estate comes from "Rugius", which is said to be the name of the original Roman owner. The estate totals 177 acres (72 hectares), including 153 acres (62 hectares) of vines. Château de Rouanne was purchased by Louis Barruol, owner and winemaker of Château de Saint Cosme, in May of 2019. Barruol sees enormous potential in Château de Rouanne, having worked with the previous owners for years as a source for some of his négociant wines. “It reminds me a lot of Saint Cosme when I took it over in 1992. It’s an unknown sleeping beauty waiting for a vigneron to truly love it.”

The vineyard of Château de Rouanne is a unique single block, planted entirely with 50+ year old vines, which are a selection massale of Grenache, Syrah and Mourvèdre. The ancient terroir is comprised of limestone and sandy marl soils dating back to the Pliocene epoch.

Barruol uses whole bunches during fermentation, as the stems absorb alcohol and help retain acidity and tannin. Indigenous yeasts are used to impart the character and the purity of the terroir into the wine. The wine is aged for 16 months in concrete vats and is bottled unfined and unfiltered in order to deliver a “straight to the ground” interpretation of this unique vineyard.

Château de Rouanne
Rouanne Vineyards
Ancient Spring
Rouanne Tower
Chateau de Rouanne
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Acclaim
"Features a core of gently steeped plum and boysenberry fruit, laced with a mouthwatering anise note and gilded with sandalwood and violet hints throughout. Grenache, Syrah and Mourvèdre."
— James Molesworth, Feb 2020
“Deeply perfumed and dazzling, this is a new project by Louis Barruol of Château de Saint Cosme in Gigondas. A blend of Grenache, Syrah and Mourvèdre sourced from 50-plus-year-old vines planted in limestone and marl, it offers scintillating blackberry and black-cherry flavors etched by violet, anise and clay. Fermented in whole bunches and matured 16 months in concrete vats, this fruity sip should improve through 2028.”(Editors’ Choice)
— Wine Enthusiast, Jun 2021
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Vineyard & Production Info
Soil composition
Clay, Limestone and Sand
Exposure:
Southeastern
Year vineyard planted:
between 1950 and 1975
Average Vine Age:
50 years
Certifying Organizations:
Ecocert
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Winemaking & Aging
Varietal composition:
50% Grenache, 40% Syrah, 10% Mourvèdre
Fermentation container:
Cement vats
Maceration technique:
100% Full Bunches, Pumpovers and Aeration
Type of aging container:
Cement vats
Length of aging before bottling:
16 months
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Analytical Data
pH level:
3.8
Acidity:
3.5 g/L
Alcohol:
14.7 %