Escaravailles means scarab, or beetle, in Occitan, the language of Provinçal France. It's also what they called the black-clad Catholic monks of the southern Rhône. So, that's what Jean-Louis Ferran named his domaine in 1953. He purchased several ideally placed hillside parcels of vines in the Rasteau, Cairanne and Roaix regions of Côtes-du-Rhône. The company practises organic and sustainable viticulture, and all work on the estate to done by hand on vines ranging from 30 to 60 years old.
Escaravailles CdR ‘Les Sablieres’ 2018
$29.99
70% Grenache, 30% Syrah
Full-bodied, fruity grenache-syrah blend made using fruit grown in the excellent southern Rhône region of Rasteau. This is ample and spicy with some deliciously ripe and juicy fruit.
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