Winemaker Notes
The Rosé has a nice appearance with a light and fresh pink color. This has a particularly fruity taste of raspberries and strawberries, typical of the Campuget style, with good and refreshing acidity.
It is perfect for summertime meals, with fresh salads or around a barbecue.
Blend: 70% Syrah, 30% Grenache Noir
Professional Ratings
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Wine Enthusiast
Elegant notes of cut stone, smoke and cherry blossoms perfume the nose of this peachy, pale-pink rosé made from Syrah (70%) and Grenache (30%). Silken on the palate, it offers delicate flavors of white peach and pink grapefruit lifted by stony minerality before finishing with lemony acidity. Dreyfus, Ashby & Co. Best Buy.
Whether it’s playful and fun or savory and serious, most rosé today is not your grandmother’s White Zinfandel, though that category remains strong. Pink wine has recently become quite trendy, and this time around it’s commonly quite dry. Since the pigment in red wines comes from keeping fermenting juice in contact with the grape skins for an extended period, it follows that a pink wine can be made using just a brief period of skin contact—usually just a couple of days. The resulting color depends on grape variety and winemaking style, ranging from pale salmon to deep magenta.
Gently rolling hills covered by large, round stones on south-facing slopes, Costieres de Nimes is a substantial IGP zone that was formerly considered part of the Languedoc. Today it is included as a section of the southern Rhone; its climate, topography and wines put it more in line with that appellation. Grenache is its most important red variety, along with Mourvedre, Syrah and Carignan. Half of the production here is rosé.