Château d'Esclans Les Clans 75cl bottle
Rosé

Château d'Esclans Les Clans 2023

£69.99

Pale in colour but full in body, with white peach, nectarine, toasted almond and a saline mineral edge. Eleven months in French oak give a rich, textured palate and a long, quietly powerful finish.

FranceProvence, France·Grenache, Vermentino
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ABV 14.0%Size 75clClosure CorkServe 8–10°C
Why we chose it

“Les Clans is the step between Rock Angel and Garrus, barrel fermented from the estate's older vines. Serve it in a white wine glass rather than a rosé one and it will fool most people into thinking it is white Burgundy.”

Kelli - Wine Buyer
Pairs with:ShellfishWhite FishChicken
About this wine

Les Clans sits between Rock Angel and Garrus in the Château d'Esclans range, and it is the bottle that makes people rethink what rosé can do. The fruit comes from the estate's older parcels of Grenache and Rolle, fermented and aged for eleven months in 600 litre French oak demi muids with twice weekly lees stirring. The result is pale in colour but full in body, showing white peach, nectarine, toasted almond and a saline mineral edge. The finish is long, textured and quietly powerful.

Château d'Esclans in the Côtes de Provence built its name on Whispering Angel, then set about proving that rosé could be taken as seriously as any fine white. Tasted blind, Les Clans is regularly mistaken for a Meursault or a Chassagne-Montrachet. Serve it at 12 to 14°C in a white wine glass alongside roast chicken, grilled turbot, scallops or a creamy risotto. It will also reward a year or two in the rack, drinking well for up to seven years from the vintage.

About the producer

Château d'Esclans is the Provence estate behind Whispering Angel, the wine that almost single-handedly changed the world's perception of rosé. Created by Sacha Lichine in 2006 from a historic Var estate near La Motte, the château works with old Grenache and Rolle vines to produce a range of Provence rosés at varying price points. Their wines — from the approachable Whispering Angel to the prestige Rock Angel and the estate bottling — set the benchmark for elegant, pale, dry Provençal rosé.