91pts Jeb Dunnuck

As always, the 2020 Costières De Nimes Nostre Pais is all about elegance and finesse as opposed to power and opulence. A blend of 60% Grenache, 20% Mourvèdre, 15% Syrah, and the rest Clairette, it has a spicy, red and black-fruited, leather, and dried flower-driven bouquet as well as medium-bodied richness and depth on the palate. With fine tannins and a terrific sense of purity and elegance, enjoy bottles over the coming 4-6 years.

It's a year-in, year-out, smoking value.

Winemaker Notes

Nostre Païs White is more about freshness, purity and balance that about exuberance. It offers fabulous notes of fresh citrus, white flowers and flint. Medium-bodied and focused, its soft finish evinces a great deal of minerality. In 2020, the whites and rosés were tense, particularly the Grenache. Roussanne and Viognier are very sprightly and don’t have the usual opulence. Lots of elegance and balance! 2020 is a vintage focused on freshness with almost Burgundian accents.