Wines of the week | Fleur d’Églantine Costières-de-Nîmes 2021: safe bet

In order to better guide you in your choices, our guest sommelier now offers wines every week according to six possible categories: Affordable, Bargain, Classic, Discovery, Keeping and Treating. You will therefore have the possibility of buying a bottle at a reasonable price, of excellent value for money, of undeniable quality, to broaden your horizons, to leave in the cellar or to have fun.

Posted at 11:00 a.m.

Veronique Rivest

Veronique Rivest
Sommelier, guest collaborator

Classic

The magnificent Château Mourgues du Grès estate, which cultivates its vines organically and biodynamically, is well known in Quebec. Its cuvée Les Galets, in red and white, always offers excellent value for money and a fair expression of the terroir of Costières-de-Nîmes.

Anne and François Collard produce this rosé with a majority of Grenache, a little Mourvèdre and a hint of Syrah. A delicate color precedes a nose that is too.

It opens with very fine aromas of peach and cherry, with also notes of garrigue and flowers. Very dry, with a nice richness that caresses the palate, it shows substance and persistence in the mouth.

Citrus and zest notes bring freshness. A classic rosé from the south of France, it is perfect for a tomato tart, stuffed vegetables, a salad of grilled vegetables.

Château Mourgues du Grès Fleur d’Églantine Costières-de-Nîmes 2021, $20.05 (14446441), 13%, organic

Aging: 1 or 2 years


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