Cht St Cyrgues Costieres

Ruby color, with blackcurrant and blueberry aromas, backed up by an attractively round mouth of red fruit and spices. Costières de Nîmes (which loosely translates to ‘the slopes of Nimes’) sits at the nexus of the 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. Chateau Saint Cyrgues stands out as offering very inexpensive product that punches well above its weight class. Located in Saint Gilles, which borders the Camargue region at the mouth of the Rhone River, Chateau Saint Cyrgues was built on the ruins of the Church of Saint-Cirice de Marge in 1654. Jean-Pierre Ferraud and his son Loic Ferraud now run the domaine, which has begun to practice 100% organic viticulture and vinification.