Sang des Cailloux

Vacqueyras

2020

Vacqueyras

So. Rhône Valley

France

Say It

Song deh Ka-YOO Va-kay-RAH

Varietals

Grenache Blend

Flavors & Quality

Blackberry

Black Olives

Smoke

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Palate Character

Tone & Backbone

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This is a predominantly Tone & Backbone wine, but it shares structural nuances of Round & Fleshy as described in the tasting note below.

Tasting Notes

Full bodied with ample structure, yet with inviting sweet blackberry fruit, cherry, black olives, violets, and leather, along with smokey minerality and black pepper spice.

COLOR

Red/Violet Tinge

BODY

TANNIN

ACIDITY

SWEET

ALCOH.

14%

GRAPE(S)

Grenache, Syrah, Mourvèdre, Cinsault

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Why this wine made the cut…

Sang de Cailloux means blood of stones, a name that speaks to the wine's unique expression of the terroir.

GRAPE VARIETAL(S)

Grenache

70% Gruh-NASH

Grenache is widely planted throughout the world but some of the best expressions come from the southern Rhone, and in Spain’s Priorat. Grenache has small berries with thick grape skins resulting in dark, tannic wine in its youth combined with an almost ripe sweetness and elevated alcohol. Often part of a blend, Grenache offers a lot of fruit, spice, with floral and herbal notes.

Syrah

20% See-RA

Syrah is widely planted throughout the world, but that was not so until the late twentieth century when Syrah was principally grown in the Rhone Valley and, as Shiraz, in Australia. Stylistically, the Palate Character of Syrah can vary depending on ripeness from a rich Round & Fleshy, Tone & Backbone, to a Powerful & Extracted. The flavors and aromas can also vary with a dark, sometimes sweet, fruit character, varying amount of spice, floral, and earth, and smoke, and meaty aromas and flavors.

Mourvèdre

5% Moor-VED-ruh

Mourvedre is widely grown in Spain, and in France, where it makes up at least 50% of Bandol, and is typically one of the main blended varietals in Chateauneuf du Pape. It is high quality and strives in hot temperatures. The grapes are dark, and tannic with ample alcohol and intense aromas, particularly of blackberries. It is valued for its heady, structured contribution to blends.

Cinsault

5% Sen-SO

Cinsaut is an underrated grape variety from Southern France because its proclivity for high yields. However, when yields are restricted, it can make fruit forward aromatic wines best suited for blends and/or fresh, perfumed and fruity rosé wines.

Country / State

France

Region

So. Rhône Valley

Sub Region

Vacqueyras

Producer

Sang des Cailloux

Winemaker(s)

Serge Ferigoule

Vintage

2020