Domaine de Poulvarel Costieres de Nimes Rouge 2019
Rhone Blends | France
We’ve said it before…Domaine de Poulvarel is one of the finest wineries for the price/quality ratio we have EVER found on our European exploits, and they just keep giving us gorgeous, powerful, beautifully-made classic reds. More recently included (since 1986) as part of the Rhone Valley AOC - stellar wines that rarely leave the country are the norm here. This wine is chalked full of fresh summer strawberries, dark, deep cherries laced with vanilla, forest floor and roasted herbs de provence. A blend of syrah and grenache, this beauty is a K2 worthy ascent at a weekend hiking club price. Over 40% off this already crazy affordable gem is ridonkulous!
Poulvarel has been officially organic since 2014, and better than ever. Their estate consists of the same galets roulés (round stones) you’d find in Chateauneuf du Pape – stressing the vines by allowing fast drainage, but helping to ripen the fruit through absorption of the day’s heat. But the price?!?! You couldn’t find a label-damaged, poorly stored ½ bottle of CDP for that.
We invite you, no we IMPLORE you, to taste this insane value for yourself, and then say: “I shoulda bought more….” While it lasts..!
About the Producer
It is impossible to dissociate the Poulvarel Estate from Elisabeth and Pascal Glas. And for good reason, in 2004, while Pascal worked in wine estates for 25 years, they decided to create their own winery on family lands. What could seem like a crazy bet at that moment, is now a well-defended bet. The vintages of the estate are among the "award-winning" wines of the region and are "noticed" by the specialized press. Pascal passed on his passion for wine to Elisabeth and together they had the audacity to launch and the will to continue. They have united their strength, their differences, their know-how and now offer wines worthy of the best tables. On a filtering soil of pebbles Villafranchian Rhôdanien type mindélien, Syrah, Grenache, Carignan and Mourvèdre give wines with strong expression of terroir and a unique character. In short, these wines are terrific values.
- BlendGrenache, Syrah and Carignan
- CountryFrance
- RegionRhone Valley
- AppellationCostieres de Nimes AOC
- Alcohol14.5%
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