Little James Basket Press White 11 Wine
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Type: WHITE
Country: FRANCE
Region: RHONE
Appellation: VIN DE PAYS
Varietal: VIOGNIER
Vintage: 2011
Portfolio: Chateau De Saint-Cosme
Bottle Size: 750ml
Bottles Per Case: 12
Availability: Seasonal DE FL MD NC VA DC SC
Brand Profile:
Saint Cosme - located north to the village of Gigondas - is the most ancient estate in the region. Lying on the site of a Gallo-Roman villa which very probably already had its own vineyard, the estate's existence in 1416 is attested by a document mentioning the granting by Jean de Chalon, Price of Orange, of "land for the planting of vines on the Saint Cosme slopes." The Barruol's ancestors acquired it in 1570, and at the end of the sixteenth century built a splendid residence over existing cellars. Proprietor Louis Barroul farms 15 ha of old vines (average 60 years old) with a yield of around 27Hos/Ha, producing only Gigondas from the vineyards which encircle the Chateau. It was with the "savoir-faire" of a vigneron Barroul created in 1997 a negociant activity that one could call a "negociant-vigneron". This negociant project includes the value-driven, whimsically-labeled Little James wines.