Domaine de St Cyrgues, Costieres de Nimes Blanc 2023

Harvested at the end of August, at night to preserve the freshness of the aromas of the grapes. In the winerythe grapes are destemmed crushed with very gentle pressing, 36 hours on the skins, with fermentation at low temperature for 15 to 20 days. Finally, 4 to 6 months in tank on fine lees before and filtration and bottling.

Domaine Saint Cyrgues stands out as offering very inexpensive product that punches well above its weight class. Costieres de Nimes (which loosely translates to the slopes of Nimes) sits at the nexus of rocky hills of Provence and the sandy alluvial plains of the Camargues. Many of its areas feature the larger, flat, galets, the signature stones of Chateauneuf du Pape. Seeing the potential in the Chateau, Saint Cyrgues was then updated with a complete overhaul of the property; with an updated winemaking facility, overhaul of the vineyards to 100% organic viticulture, restoring the chateau, the works. Jean-Pierre Ferraud his son Loic Ferraud have taken over the domaine, leading the facility to practice 100% organic viticulture and vinification and the wines will be labeled as such beginning with the 2016 vintage. Now managing the estate on a day to day basis, Loic has a business degree and was inspired to make wine by his grandfather, who owned vineyards and made wine. He now works with the estates oenologist to create the wines for Saint Cyrges and is the sixth generation of his family in the wine trade. The white (a rare wine actually, only 4% of all AOC Costieres de Nimes is white) is made of Grenache Blanc, Roussanne, and Viognier all stainless, it is rich and deep and perfect with grilled fish.