Le Pas de l'Escalette Les Grand Pas Rouge

This wine symbolizes our Languedoc adventure: mainly Grenache, it has a fullness on the palate and a fine bouquet – both typical of our high altitude terroir.

Winery: Domaine Le Pas de l’Escalette
Appellation: Coteaux de Languedoc
Average age of vines: 50 years
Farming Methods: Organic, Biodynamic
Maturation: 1 year wooden vats
Soil: Well-drained clay-limestone soils
Varietal: GRENACHE 70% | CINSAULT 20% | CARIGNAN 10%
Vineyard Orientation: 350 meters
Vineyard Size: 20 hectares

Wine	Scores	Downloads	Reviews
Le Pas de l'Escalette Les Grand Pas Rouge 2021	94 Decanter Dark plum and black cherry aromas, with an iodine, mineral, slate/stone background note. It’s incredibly floral as well, showing iris and violet, with lavender and wild thyme bursting from the glass. Powerful and concentrated, but not extracted. Intensely spicy, piquant, with searing acidity. The alcohol is perhaps a little high. Chalky, grippy tannins but they are ripe and make for a textural mouthful. Iodine, wet stones and a ferrous tang on the finish. Keep for a few years, this shows great promise and ageing potential. 17 Jancis Robinson Light to mid cherry red. Invitingly sweet red fruit on the nose. Such lovely peppery purity. Dark and savoury on the palate, almost severe in its dark fruit, almost smoky. Chewy but fresh on the palate. A little bitter on the finish, perhaps that’s the Carignan, perhaps it needs more time? (JH)	Bottle Image Shelf Talker Tech Sheet