Auguste Bessac, Plan de Dieu, Côtes du Rhône-Villages

• Vintage: 2019
• Origin: Southern Rhône, France

• Taste guide: A Grenache and Syrah blend that shows notes of red fruit and soft spice. Well-balanced with silky tannins, again red fruit is dominant with a touch of tobacco-spice and cocoa on the finish.
  
• Please allow time for the wine to breathe before enjoying
• 75cl - 14.5% - Traditional Cork Opening
• Vegan/Vegetarian friendly
• Food pairings: Grilled pork dishes, soft cheeses

At the foothill of the Dentelles de Montmirail, the Côtes-du-Rhône Villages Plan de Dieu appellation extends. It is here, that for thousands of years men and women have worked with humility and discretion to reveal an exceptional terroir. A discreet appellation but with a strong character.

The origin of the name of the appellation is mainly attributed to the sisters of Prébayon Abbey who tended the land in the Middle Ages.

The girls who joined the religious orders in this cloister situated in the Dentelles de Montmirail mountains came with a dowry often made up of land which was worth nothing in those days.

In the Middle Ages, the region, and particularly this huge plateau with its dense forests, was full of brigands and other robbers who ambushed travellers. So, when travelling in the region, it was best to put yourself in God's hands!

For a long time, vine cultivation was abandoned on Plan de Dieu, but in the 1920s a company called Fly Tox decided to grow pyrethrum there, but this activity was rapidly delocalized and the site became wild again.