Winemaker Notes
#40 Wine Enthusiast Top 100 Best Buys of 2018
Light yellow with golden hues. Citrus flavors mingled with floral aromas (orchid) with a mineral finish. Crisp, fresh and full, the perfect balance between fruit and smooth texture.
With its bouquet of white blossoms and citrus fruits, the "Galets Dores" makes an excellent aperitif. A fine companion to seafood, fish with aioli, grilled fish and fresh goat-cheese.
Blend: 40% Roussane, 25% White Grenache, 25% Vermentino, and 10% Marsanne & Marselan.
Full-bodied and flavorful, white Rhône blends originate from France’s Rhône Valley. Today these blends are also becoming popular in other regions. Typically some combination of Grenache Blanc, Marsanne, Roussanne and Viognier form the basis of a white Rhône blend with varying degrees of flexibility depending on the exact appellation. Somm Secret—In the Northern Rhône, blends of Marsanne and Roussanne are common but the south retains more variety. Marsanne, Roussanne as well as Bourboulenc, Clairette, Picpoul and Ugni Blanc are typical.
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.