Winemaker Notes
Pairs well with fish and grilled vegetables, sweet and salty dishes(pineapple pork, orange chicken), or a tomato tart.
Blend: 60% Grenache, 30% Mourvèdre, 10% Syrah
Professional Ratings
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
A paler-hued blend of 60% Grenache, 30% Mourvèdre and 10% Syrah, the 2022 Costieres de Nimes Rose Fleur d'Eglantine gives up aromas of crushed stone, lime zest and ripe peaches. Medium-bodied, it's a silky-textured, streamlined offering, with a long, elegant finish.
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Tasting Panel
This full-bodied rosé of distinction—made with Grenache, Cinsault, and Mourvèdre—exudes a perfume of rose, peony, and raspberry. Brisk acidity and flavors of watermelon and wet stone are carried on a saline path.
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.