Chateau de Saint Cosme Gigondas Le Poste

Oenologist-owner: Louis Barruol Variety: Grenache – very old vines, whole bunches. Color: red-purple with purple hues. Bouquet: intense aromas of raspberry, iodine, ash, tar. Taste: fresh and concentrated, with a beautiful calcareous minerality, with aromas intense and pure, fine tannins and very long finish. Culinary combinations: beef, pizza with sausages and vegetables; burgers, grilled vegetables; vegetarian dishes; cheeses (Gorgonzola, Gruyère); Bittersweet chocolate, Espresso flavored desserts. Serving temperature 16-18 ° C Optimal period of consumption: 2022 – 2040 Maturated 12 months – 20% in new barrels, 50% in barrels for second use and 30% in barrels for third use. bottle without being filtered. History: “Le Poste” – the vineyard that surrounds the chapel has three terraces. One is grown with the Clairette variety, and the other two with Grenache. The vineyard was replanted by Henri Barruol in 1963. Its fascinating history begins with Jean IV of Chalon-Arlay (1443-1502), prince of Orange, senior of Arlay, Nozeroy and Montfort. He was one of the ancestors of the Orange-Nassau family, of which Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands is a part. He was called “Jean de Chalon, Prince of Orange.” In 1467, he married Jeanne de Bourbon, the great-granddaughter of the Duke of Burgundy. He died in 1502. At that time, Gigondas was part of the kingdom of Orange, which would become part of France only in 1703. In 1480, Jean de Chalon, prince of Orange, sold a “land for the living on the hill of Saint Cosme.” 518 years ago, when the then Prince of Orange was selling grapes, Le Poste is mentioned as an extraordinary terroir. Esprit Vaton, the ancestor of Louis Barruol, bought it ten years later, in 1490, together with the whole estate. Between 1930-1940, Louis Barruol’s grandfather, Henri Rolland, produced here a famous wine – “Whitewine of Le Poste ”.