Whispering Angel Ros 2024 75cl Bottle

22.95per bottle

ABV 13%

We are delighted to be able to offer Sacha Lichine’s amazing new Whispering Angel Ros 2021bottles for immediate delivery.

We are delighted to be the first UK merchant to offerSacha Lichine’s amazingnew Whispering Angel Ros 2021inbottle format available for immediate delivery. The wine has just arrived from Chateau d’Esclans, also there is a new case design for this vintage and the brand is nowowned by LVMH (Mot Hennessy Louis Vuitton).

First taste 2021 Whispering Angel, Caves dEsclans, Matthew Jukes
“I was unpacking a few cases of wine on New Years Eve and popping the bottles into gaps in my cellar when I came across a plain brown single bottle sample box. How had I missed this? Perhaps my wife had signed for it earlier in the day, and it was lost among other boxes in our hallway. There was no indication on the outside of its contents, but I am delighted that I felt moved to open it because it meant that I managed to taste 2021 Whispering Angel in the last few hours of 2021. It is oddly exciting to taste a wine when it is so young and so recently bottled, and one rarely gets the chance to taste Northern Hemisphere wines in the year of their birth. More often than not, newly bottled samples taste shocked and reticent, but these are not descriptors of this tremendous wine. I usually taste alone, but as my wife and I felt obliged to abandon plans for a party in favour of inviting a handful of neighbours around for an early evening drink, I opened this nascent Angel for a small group of us to taste.The appreciation was unanimous, and I was impressed with the many descriptors offered by our friends after all, they are all keen wine drinkers.The overarching feeling of the group was that this was a superb effortand one whichtasted deliciousalready but which had a seam of nervy acidity which might propel it forwards for more than just one summer, and I couldnt agree more. There has been a gradual tightening up of Whispering Angel since the 2019 vintage and in2021 there is a wonderful backbone to this winefrom which the fruit is carefully draped. With the trademark watermelon and pomegranate hints and a deeper andmore structured mid-palate than was found on the lithe 2020 this is a more sophisticated winethan its crowd-pleasing predecessor. This, in turn, means that it is a foodier proposition, too, which is great news. So, myvery first 2021 Provence Ros is set to, once again, wow all-comersand this is encouraging news not least because the price has moved up from late-teens to 20 for this vintage in order to reflect its heightened ambitions.”

Quotes from previous vintages-

Always delicious
James Suckling

Chewy and mouthwatering
Decanter

Very clear and clean and will gain flavours during the year
Steven Spurrier

You could drink it from mid-day to midnight
Matthew Jukes

Its hard to find fault with this sensational ros
The Times

AboutChteau dEsclans
Chateau dEsclans is located on an exceptional site, on elevated land near the Gorges de Pennafort, twenty five kilometers northwest of the ancient Roman city of Frejus on the Mediterranean coast. The first traces of the chateaus site date back to Gaullist times during which its location served as a lookout point to spot intruders coming by boat into the Gulf of Frejus. The chateaus cellar structure or foundation (known today as the oldest in the region) housed an original Chateau that was given by the Comte de Provence to Grard De Villeneuve, in 1201. The current chateau, inspired by Tuscan Villa design, was built during the mid 19th century.

Chteau dEsclans lies in the center of the Department of the Var, where the majority of Provence AOC ros is produced. The land was occupied as long as 2500 years ago when it was probably used as a lookout point for intruders sailing into the Gulf of Frejus. The original chteauof which now only the cellar remainsdates back to before the 12th century. In 1201, Grard De Villeneuve, part of a wealthy family from Marseille, took ownership of the chteau and the majority of the surface area of the Valle dEsclans that would eventually be sold off in lots. Two brothers, Sauver Louis Ranque and Francois Alexandre Ranque, were the next to own the chteau, known then as Terre dEsclans.

In 1875, they sold the property to Joseph Toussaint Caussemille, who manufactured wooden matches near Marseilles. In 1955, the Perraud family owned the property until 1994. At that time, it was purchased by a Swedish pension fund that produced a small amount of wine and the remaining grapes were sold to neighboring winemakers. Sacha Lichine aquired Chteau dEsclans in 2006. Today there are 108 acres (44 ha) of vineyards. The total proprety has 659 acres (267 ha).

The primary grape grown on the property is Grenache followed by Vermentino. Other grapes include Cinsault, Merlot, Mourvdre, Syrah, and Tibouren. The chteau is known for its old Grenache vines which produce grapes that offer greater concentration of flavor than do the younger vines. As the elevation to where the lots are situated increases, so do the age of the vines. At the highest elevated lot vines are as old as 90 years.