Vieux Chateau Champs de Mars Cotes de Castillon 2000 CS20231031 earth and spice driven rye

earth and spice driven rye

and effortlessly drinkable

The signature refinement comes through in the precise mousse and stony texture

yet remaining approachable with layers of fruit

Spontaneous fermentation happens in lagars without temperature control

Vieux Chateau Champs de Mars Cotes de Castillon 2000 CS20231031 earth and spice driven ryeA perfectly cellared back vintage from a quietly brilliant Castillon estate. Vieux Chateau Champs de Mars sits in Castillon Cotes de Bordeaux on the right bank, near Le Puy, where Regis Moro farmed organically and worked with low intervention long before it was fashionable, spontaneous fermentations, no new oak, gentle bottling. This Merlot led blend with Cabernet Franc comes from clay limestone soils and, now twenty five years on, the 2000 vintage is