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Les Vignerons d’Estézargues
Every time we visit this tiny co-operative, in a small village in the Gard, just west of Avignon, we bless the research in French wine guides which led us here. We taste about a dozen wines here and the problem, a nice one admittedly, is just working out which of the wines in any given vintage has really shown the best.
From the land of just ten vignerons winemaker Denis Deschamps crafts wines from shared grapes - such as the great value Côtes du Rhône listed below - and also makes wines for the different, privately owned domaines under their own estate names. All wines are bottled unfiltered, sometimes lending a slightly hazy look, but, more important, a satisfying density and mouthfeel, to add to the delicious, forward raspberry and cherry fruit. Wines from Estézagues are hugely admired within France and we count ourselves fortunate to offer the widest range of their wines in the UK market.
We always stock Les Galets, a cheerful blend of Grenache, Cinsaut and Syrah, which makes a really honest, daily drinking wine. The Terra Vitis Côtes du Rhône, from grapes farmed within a sustainable, minimal intervention discipline, half way to organic viticulture, practiced by five members of the co-operative, always has a bit more black fruit and stuffing. Domaines La Montagnette and De Pierredon are from the newly delimited Côtes du Rhône Villages zone of Signargues, where the vineyards lie across raised alluvial terraces of rolled stones, the famous galets of the region.
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Product Code: ESZ110
Les Vignerons d’Estézargues, Cuvée des Galets, Côtes du Rhône, 2010
“"'Non- filtered', this robust, romping 14.5 per cent alcohol red states boldly on its label, and indeed it is. Any of you looking for...”
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Product Code: ESZ210
Les Vignerons d’Estézargues, Côtes du Rhône, Terra Vitis, 2010
“Terra Vitis is a sustainable, minimal intervention farming discipline, half way to organic viticulture, practiced by five members of this small...”
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Product Code: ESZ510
Domaine La Montagnette, Côtes du Rhône Villages, Signargues, 2010
“About 50% Syrah, 35% Grenache and 15% Mourvèdre. Deep, vibrant purple. Deliciously ripe, well-textured, and mildly black-fruited, with an appealing...”
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Product Code: ESZ610
Domaine de Pierredon, Côtes du Rhône Villages, Signargues, 2010
“Mildly unusual, in that this is a blend of halves of Grenache and Mourvèdre; the latter, from 30-40 year old vines, was superbly ripe in this...”
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Product Code: BAJ109
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Product Code: FUR107
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Product Code: MAT1NV
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Product Code: PIG610
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Product Code: MAD609
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Product Code: FON109
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Product Code: TOK606
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Product Code: AMB307
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Product Code: TDB109
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Product Code: BAD111
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