Syrah, La Sommelière, Campuget 2022
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Why this wine
La Sommelière is Campuget's selection off the best vines on the estate, a clear step up from the volume Costières de Nîmes bottlings. Twelve months in barrique and no filtration give it real depth for the money. Warm-climate Syrah with the herbal lift the pebble soils bring.
At a glance
- Grape
- Syrah
- Region
- Rhône Valley, France
- Alcohol
- 13.50%
- Body
- Medium
- Acidity
- Medium
- Tannins
- Medium
- Sweetness
- Dry
- Drink
- Short (3-5 yrs)
- Pairs with
- Red Meat, Barbecue, Cheese
How it tastes
Ripe, concentrated Syrah: chocolate and liquorice over herbal garrigue notes, with toasty oak behind. Warm and savoury on the palate, medium in weight, the tannins ripe and the acidity soft. Syrah 100%.
The producer
Campuget was established in 1942 on a historic estate near Nîmes whose château was built in 1753 — the year the first vines went in, and the date behind the house's '1753' range. Franck-Lin Dalle, the third generation of his family to run the estate, makes the wines from a wide range of traditional Rhône varieties, and in 2019 Campuget was certified Haute Valeur Environnementale, the French scheme recognising biodiversity conservation, plant protection, managed fertiliser use and water management. Costières de Nîmes sits at the eastern edge of the Languedoc but works like the southern Côtes-du-Rhône vineyards across the river, its fairly uniform soils marked by large pebbles over alluvia on gentle, typically south-facing slopes, with strict canopy management balancing sun and shade. La Sommelière is made from selected grapes off the best vines on the estate, traditionally vinified, matured twelve months in oak barriques and bottled without filtration.
Food and drinking
Serve at 16 to 18°C. It suits grilled lamb, merguez sausages, barbecued ribs and a hard sheep's cheese. Drinking well now and over the next three to five years. Suitable for vegetarians and vegans.