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Chateau de l'Escarelle

Château de l'Escarelle is the French estate behind Les Deux Anges, a pale, dry and unoaked rosé with wild strawberry, citrus, crisp acidity and a smooth, fresh palate.

The producer

Château de l'Escarelle is a French wine producer acquired by Yann Pineau in October 2011. Its fully described bottle is Les Deux Anges rosé, a pale, dry wine made without oak, keeping the profile focused on fruit, acidity and texture. Wild strawberry and citrus rise first, followed by a clean palate with mango, pomelo, red berry and stone fruit.

Crisp, mouth-watering acidity carries the fruit through the palate, while smoothness keeps the wine rounded and fresh. Herbs and citrus appear on the finish, giving the rosé a clean, lively close. With no barrel flavour in the wine, Les Deux Anges stays direct, pale, dry and fruit-led.

Known for

Les Deux Anges pale, dry, unoaked rosé

Notable facts

The story

The October 2011 acquisition

In October 2011, Yann Pineau acquired Château de l'Escarelle. The purchase placed a named owner at the start of the estate's recent history. The bottle described from Château de l'Escarelle is Les Deux Anges rosé, pale, dry and unoaked. Wild strawberry and citrus appear on the nose. The palate is clean, fresh and smooth, bringing mango and pomelo alongside red berry and stone fruit. Crisp, mouth-watering acidity carries those flavours into a finish marked by herbs and citrus. Without barrel flavour, the wine stays focused on pale rosé fruit, freshness and smooth texture.

From the atlas

Chateau de l'Escarelle

At A Glance

Château de l'Escarelle enters the current record through a clear change of ownership: Yann Pineau acquired the estate in October 2011. The bottle described in detail is Les Deux Anges rosé, a pale, dry and unoaked wine built around wild strawberry, citrus, red berry, stone fruit, herbs, mango and pomelo. Its brisk acidity keeps the fruit fresh, while smoothness gives the wine an easy, clean finish.

The Producer

The strongest concrete fact about Château de l'Escarelle is a date. Yann Pineau acquired the estate in October 2011, placing a named owner at the start of its documented modern chapter. The wine associated with that chapter is Les Deux Anges rosé, whose pale colour, dry palate and unoaked handling keep the emphasis on fruit, acidity and freshness.

The producer's wider range is not established in the available account. Les Deux Anges therefore carries unusual weight: it is the bottle with enough detail to describe how the estate presents itself in the glass. Wild strawberry and citrus lead the nose, followed by a clean palate with mango, pomelo and a smooth texture.

Place

Château de l'Escarelle is identified as a French producer, but its village, sub-region and appellation are not stated alongside the documented bottle. Those categories normally tell you how a wine reaches the label and how its grape and site are framed. Here, the safe starting point is narrower: Les Deux Anges is a pale, dry rosé whose character is described through fruit, acidity, freshness and method.

The grape variety is also not stated in the cleared bottle description. That leaves the wine's style, rather than a grape name or village hierarchy, to do the practical work. Its crisp acidity, red berry and stone fruit flavours, herbal citrus finish and lack of oak give a more reliable guide to the bottle than an unverified regional label would.

Soil And Site

No soil, slope, elevation or parcel detail is established for Château de l'Escarelle. Limestone, clay, altitude and woodland character therefore should not be assigned to the wine. The physical information that reaches the glass is the wine's pale, dry style and its fresh line of acidity.

That limit still leaves something useful to taste. Les Deux Anges does not rely on barrel flavour to create shape. Its unoaked handling leaves wild strawberry, citrus, stone fruit and herbs exposed, while the acidity keeps the finish mouth-watering instead of heavy.

Story

The estate's documented story has one firm turn: in October 2011, Yann Pineau acquired Château de l'Escarelle. The ownership change gives the timeline a human beginning, but the later farming, cellar and range decisions are not established in enough detail to extend the narrative safely. Les Deux Anges supplies the present-tense evidence: a pale, dry rosé with clean fruit, brisk acidity, smoothness and no oak.

That combination also keeps the story grounded. The acquisition is a change in who held the estate; the wine shows what can actually be described from its current record. Anything beyond that handover needs more evidence before it becomes part of the estate's public story.

Vineyards And Cellar

The vineyard work behind Les Deux Anges is not described in sufficient detail to name pruning, harvest timing, parcels or farming regime. The cellar choice that is clear is simpler and more revealing: the wine is unoaked. Without barrel influence, the palate stays focused on fruit, acidity and texture.

In practical terms, unoaked handling lets the wine's pale, dry profile remain direct. Wild strawberry and citrus appear on the nose, while red berry, stone fruit and herbs carry through the palate and finish. Smoothness softens the brisk acidity without turning the wine sweet.

Wines

Only one bottle has a fully described place in the range: Les Deux Anges rosé. It is pale in colour, dry in style and unoaked in treatment. The range position is therefore clear even though no second wine, colour, cuvée or tier is established. This is the estate's known rosé reference, not one item in a documented ladder of wines.

The wine's flavour profile moves across several registers. Wild strawberry and citrus mark the nose. Red berry and stone fruit fill the palate, with mango and pomelo adding a rounder tropical and citrus note. Herbs join the finish, where crisp acidity keeps the wine fresh and mouth-watering. Smoothness supplies the soft edge, while the absence of oak leaves the fruit unobscured.

In The Glass

The first lift is wild strawberry, followed by citrus. Once the wine reaches the mouth, red berry and stone fruit appear beside mango and pomelo, giving the pale rosé more flavour breadth than its colour suggests. The palate stays clean because brisk acidity runs through the fruit, and smoothness keeps that acidity from feeling hard.

The finish turns herbal and citrusy. Its freshness comes from the wine's crisp, mouth-watering acidity, while the unoaked method keeps the aftertaste free of barrel spice or toast. What remains is dry, light-coloured and cleanly drawn, with fruit and herbs held in the same fresh line.

A Bottle To Understand It

Start with Les Deux Anges rosé. It is the sole bottle with a complete enough profile to show what Château de l'Escarelle currently puts in the glass: pale and dry, unoaked, aromatic with wild strawberry and citrus, and smooth across a palate of mango, pomelo, red berry and stone fruit.

It is the right first bottle because its method and taste are easy to connect. No oak covers the fruit, and crisp acidity explains the wine's freshness from the first sip through the herbal citrus finish. Serve it as a direct study in pale rosé, dry fruit and mouth-watering acidity.

Anecdote

In October 2011, Yann Pineau acquired Château de l'Escarelle. The date is the fixed point in the estate's ownership story, and the change of hands gives the château a named new chapter without requiring a larger legend around it. The bottle linked to the estate in the surviving account is Les Deux Anges rosé, pale and dry, with wild strawberry and citrus on the nose. In the mouth, it brings mango, pomelo, red berry and stone fruit, then finishes with herbs, citrus and crisp acidity. It is unoaked, so the wine carries no barrel flavour to distract from the fruit. October 2011 begins with a purchase; the bottle gives that date a present-tense taste.

Final Word

Château de l'Escarelle is best approached through the bottle that is clearly described. Les Deux Anges rosé offers pale colour, dry fruit, brisk acidity, smooth texture and an unoaked finish, with Yann Pineau's October 2011 acquisition providing the estate's memorable human date.

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