Gabriel Meffre - 2020 vintage

Gigondas - Delightfully expressive aromas

The harvests

Harvesting began in the last week of August, in other words, 7 to 10 days earlier (depending on the geographical area) than the previous year. Everything was in place for this vintage to be a real success: a particularly rainy autumn, ensuring soil moisture levels were just right; a mild, dry winter and a summer characterized by significant temperature differentials between day and night, which were beneficial for the berries. As a result, we had superb grapes which ripened early and were in excellent health across the full range of appellations.
End of August: the harvest began with the Costières de Nîmes whites and the Merlots for the Château Grand Escalion no-added sulphur wine. The Chardonnays and Sauvignons in the départements of l’Hérault and le Gard were also harvested during this period.
The month of September: the grapes were gathered in from all the Vallée du Rhône, Plan de Dieu, Cairanne and Châteauneuf-du-Pape appellations.
The end of September: we finished off the harvesting with the Gigondas area.

Initial tastings

‘The white wines are highly aromatics, not at all hot and exhibit a beautiful balance of freshness and aromatic concentration. The rosés are fresh and generous and the reds boast polished tannins and spicy notes. This vintage is definitely of the highest quality, featuring wonderfully expressive wine with real aromatic purity.’
VÉRONIQUE TORCOLACCI