2023 Chateau d'Or et de Gueules Costieres De Nimes Les Cimels Rouge Serres 89-91 points

89-91 points

and a dollop of Grenache

and it has a long

black cherry

round and caressing medium weight flavors coat the palate with sappy dry extract as well serving to buffer the delicious if youthfully austere finale

2023 Chateau d'Or et de Gueules Costieres De Nimes Les Cimels Rouge Serres 89-91 pointsIn the very southeast part of the Rhone Valley is the commune of Saint Gilles, where Mathieu Chatain and Diane de Puymorin purchased Domaine de la Petite Cassagne in 1998. They changed the name to Chateau dOr et de Gueules (Occitan dialect for Gold and Red") and havent looked back. One gets a good whiff of dark, smoky, spicy purple fruit on the bouquet, with the black tea, tobacco leaf and forest floor adding to the complexity. We've said it before,