Intro to Cairanne La Cote Sauvage – Cairanne La Cote Sauvage has intense morello cherry fruit and sweet spice on the nose with ripe berry, liquorice and cinnamon on the palate. It is full flavoured, rich and smooth with supple tannins. Full tasting note and wine making – Cairanne La Cote Sauvage is a serious, restrained and complex wine that is rich, intense and drenched in dark red fruits with morello cherry and a touch of sweet spice on the nose, ripe berry, liquorice, chocolate, summer pudding and a hint of cinnamon spice on the palate and it is full flavoured and smooth with supple tannins. The Southern Rhône village of Cairanne lies in the heart of the Southern Rhône valley, north east of Orange. For the La Côte Sauvage fully ripe Grenache and Syrah grapes are hand-picked from old bush vines on selected hillside slopes within Cairanne, northeast of Orange in the heart of the Rhône valley. The vineyards have the classic argilo-calcaire soil of limestone pebbles over clay. To make this Cairanne traditional vinification techniques are used with indigenous yeast and a long cuvaison period, followed by maturation for 22 months in mostly old French oak barrels to develop great concentration, complexity and finesse in the wine. The producer – Boutinot, the producers of the Les Coteaux believe great wine can be made there. They have bought land here in the southern Rhône in the village of Cairanne and now own several plots of old vines for even better wine. Over the past decade they have built enviable relationships with a network of local growers and to source grapes and wine from their trove of prized vineyards for a full range of Rhône wines. Drink with – The perfect match for red meat dishes and rich stews.
