Chateau des Sarrins Blanc de Rolle 2007 75 cl

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  • Colour

    White

  • Vintage

    2007

  • Producer

    Chateau des Sarrins

  • Country

    FRANCE

  • Region

    PROVENCE

  • Sub Region

    COTES DE PROVENCE

  • Alcohol

    13.03%

  • Product code

    1SAR4B2007

  • Availability

    2 cases

  • Grape Variety

    100% Rolle (Vermentino)


Tasting Notes

Nicely honeyed nuances over gently toasty aromas with pure, clean citrus and floral notes and a definite nuttiness. Complex with some ripe, sweet pear & herbal notes and some dense, well integrated toasty oak. Good acidity & length.

Vinification Details.

Fermented for 15-20 days and aged in new Alliers oak barrels. It rests on its lees for a further nine months with battonage (stirring) to help it gain texture and richness.

Producer Information

Not content with owning his own Champagne House, Bruno Paillard bought Chateau des Sarrins in 1995 and immediately set about revitalising the property. Keeping the old vines already in place, new vineyards were planted and a modern cellar built in which to make these wonderful Provencal wines. The name of the property is said to stem from an invading Saracen who was killed, and buried in his golden armour, on the property in the 14th Century.


Regional info.

Château des Sarrins is located in the departement of Var, between the cities of Marseilles to the west, and Nice to the east. This region is the cradle of French winemaking, with vineyards planted by the Phoenicians around 600 BC.

Bruno Paillard bought Sarrins in 1995, having already made his fortune with his eponymous Champagne house. Sarrins wine is AOC Côtes de Provence, producing red, white and, of course, rosé which accounts for more than half of all wine from the appellation. His white wine is a single-varietal 100% Rolle, and as such is inelligable for AOC Côtes de Provence, so is designated Vin de Pays du Var.

Clearly the Paillards see Sarrins as a home as much as a business; but Bruno takes his winemaking seriously and has invested much personal time and effort into renovating and improving his little estate.

The vineyards surround the Château. Where Bruno hasn't re-planted, these are mostly very old vines: Grenache, Mourvèdre, Cinsault and Syrah, with Rolle for the white. In 1996 Bruno built a brand new cellar, gravity-fed, with stainless-steel tanks and a barrel-room for ageing and fermentation of his whites.

More information

ageing potential

2-3 years

organic

No

vegans

No

classification apellation

Vin de Pays du Var

organic accreditation

in conversion - fully ECOCERT certified in Oct 2011

vegetarians

Yes

food match

fish, sellfish, mediteranean cuisine

residual sugar

2.7g/l

vineyard name

Les Sarrins

makers name

Aymeric Paillard

total acidity

4.14g/l

wine ph

3.24



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