Chateau d'Esclans - Garrus Rose 2024 (750ml)
Price: $67.99
| Producer | Chateau d'Esclans |
| Country | France |
| Region | Provence |
| Subregion | Cotes de Provence |
| Varietal | Rose Blend |
| Vintage | 2024 |
| Sku | 7311 |
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Concentrated aromas of dried citrus, peaches and passion fruit give this rosé a powerful nose. A bright acidity with glazed pear and pineapple fill the mid palate. Garrus’ toasty notes are reminiscent of a vintage Champagne without the bubbles. A long, vertical texture with a creamy finish that features rich, spicy notes. Powerful and elegant.
Chateau d'Esclans Description
Considered Château d’Esclans’ finest wine, Garrus is made from a single vineyard of nearly 100 year-old vines. Entirely fermented and aged in new large French oak barrels, the powerful and elegant Garrus was at the heart to Sacha Lichine’s vision in 2006 to make rosé grand. Today Garrus is firmly established as a world class, iconic luxury rosé.
James Suckling: 96 Points
An excellent wine that’s textural, structured, focused and very long. It shows aromas of dried raspberries, wild strawberries, peach skin, warm herbs and baking spices. Medium-bodied with a velvety texture. Well rounded and harmonious, with a lively, zesty and long finish. Drink or hold.
Wine Advocate: 93 Points
Sourced from a single vineyard of century-old Grenache vines and fermented and aged in new large French oak barrels, the 2024 Côtes de Provence Rosé Garrus wafts from the glass with a complex and elegant bouquet of dried apricot, dried fig, orchard fruit and spices mingled with almond and a subtle oaky nuance. Medium- to full-bodied, dense and concentrated, it's seamless and elegant, with good depth at the core and a long, spicy finish of remarkable persistence. It's the most ambitious expression of Côtes de Provence rosé at this address, and it's built for the cellar.
Wine Spectator: 92 Points
Richly styled and fluid, with melon and warm spice notes streaming through. Salty and savory, offering dried grass and fresh herbs, plus a hint of toasted brioche. Shows real depth and is just beginning to integrate and harmonize; this will go for years more in the cellar. Grenache, Rolle and Syrah.
Vinous: 91 Points
The 2024 Rosé Garrus, tasted from magnum, shows the best oak integration of the 2024s here, and is also the brightest, most lively wine of the bunch. It needs some time to come together, but today it shows promise. Sweet spice, lemon peel, chalk, sea salt, tart raspberry and herbs weave a complex web.
