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Rasteau Elodie Balme 2012

  • Black fruit
  • Gastronomic wine
  • Color: Red
  • 13% 
  • 2.25L
  • Intensity
  • Classic

Toute la richesse et tout le caractère des vins de Rasteau proviennent sans aucun doute du terroir d'origine. Un terroir de caractère marqué par le soleil et la puissance du Mistral. More info

  • Quantity: 3 Bottles
  • Level: 3 into-neck
  • Label: 3 good appearance
  • Origin: Private individual
  • Recoverable VAT: No
  • Country/Region: Rhône
  • Appellation/Wine: Rasteau
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Rasteau Elodie Balmeserve at a temperature of 16°C. It will pair perfectly with the following dishes: Baron d agneau, Daube provençale, Couscous royal.

  • Vintage score: 16/20
  • Lot presentation
    Rasteau Elodie Balme

    The wine

    North of Avignon, a little further up from Gigondas and Vacqueyras, the Rasteau vineyard enjoys well-exposed, south-facing hillside slopes sheltered from the Mistral wind.

    The Rasteau enjoys a variety of different soil types. Clay-limestone soil, bare sandy loam soils and red sandstone soils. As with the neighbouring land of Châteauneuf-du-Pape, many plots are covered in rounded quartz and limestone pebbles. These brown, limestone soils are well-suited to Syrah, Grenache, Mourvèdre, Carignan and Cinsault for the reds. The white wines are made from Clairette, Roussanne, Grenache Blanc and Bourboulenc. The Plan de Dieu terrace allows more powerful wines designed to be aged for longer to be grown.


    Finally, Rasteau also produces natural, gentle wines: a golden wine based on Grenache Noir vinified into a white and red from the same variety. The Rasteau vineyard, one of the biggest in the Vaucluse area, was known for these wines in the 18th century.
    The communal appellation of Côtes du Rhône Villages Rasteau was recognised as an AOC in 1967. Wines were able to be labelled as AOC Rasteau from the 2009 vintage.

    Detailed characteristics

    • Quantity: 3 Bottles
    • Level: 3 into-neck
    • Label: 3 good appearance
    • Origin: Private individual
    • Type of cellar: Wine cabinet
    • Recoverable VAT: No
    • Original Wooden Case / Original Case: No
    • French customs seal: yes
    • Alcohol percentage: 13 %
    • Country/Region: Rhône
    • Appellation/Wine: Rasteau
    • Vintage: 2012
    • Color: Red
    • Service temperature: 16°
    • Viticulture: Conventional 
    • Intensity: Classic
    • Dominant aroma: Black fruit
    • Tasting occasion: Gastronomic wine
    • Grape variety: Grenache 50% minimum, Syrah et/ou Mourvèdre 20% minimum, autres cépages autorisés 20% maxi

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