The 2020 Châteauneuf Du Pape Adrastée brings more fruit and texture, yet it still remains perfectly balanced. Tons of ripe red and black fruits, flowery incense, pepper, garrigue, and spice give way to a full-bodied, pleasure-bent, sexy 2020 offering silky tannins, a great mid-palate, and the balance and class to drink well for 15 years or more. This cuvée comes primarily (all?) from the La Crau lieu-dit and is 100% Grenache. Maturity: 2022-2037. Score - 96. (jebdunnuck.com, Nov. 11, 2022)

The 2020 Châteauneuf Du Pape Adrastée brings more fruit and texture, yet it still remains perfectly balanced. Tons of ripe red and black fruits, flowery incense, pepper, garrigue, and spice give way to a full-bodied, pleasure-bent, sexy 2020 offering silky tannins, a great mid-palate, and the balance and class to drink well for 15 years or more. This cuvée comes primarily (all?) from the La Crau lieu-dit and is 100% Grenache. Maturity: 2022-2037. Score - 96. (jebdunnuck.com, Nov. 11, 2022)

The 2020 Châteauneuf Du Pape Adrastée brings more fruit and texture, yet it still remains perfectly balanced. Tons of ripe red and black fruits, flowery incense, pepper, garrigue, and spice give way to a full-bodied, pleasure-bent, sexy 2020 offering silky tannins, a great mid-palate, and the balance and class to drink well for 15 years or more. This cuvée comes primarily (all?) from the La Crau lieu-dit and is 100% Grenache. Maturity: 2022-2037. Score - 96. (jebdunnuck.com, Nov. 11, 2022)

An intense, dense and well-built blend of 55% mourvedre, 25% grenache and 20% syrah, with notes of blackberries, dark plums, black olives and cloves. Full-bodied with plush tannins, a compact core of berries and spices and a powdery finish. From organically grown grapes. Drink or hold [through 2029+]. Score - 90. (jamessuckling.com, June 17, 2024)

Seeing just under two years in barrel, the 2013 Costières de Nîmes Lou Coucardie is 50% Mourvèdre, with the balance Grenache and Syrah. It was fermented with 40% whole clusters and aged all in 500-liter barrels and demi-muids. Tight, structured and tannic, with medium to full-bodied richness, it offers notions of liquid blackberries, leather, chocolate, graphite and crushed rock. It's good, but it needs 2-3 years of cellar, at which point I suspect it will merit an even higher rating. It will have 10-15 years of longevity. Drink date: 2017-2027. Score - 91+. (Jeb Dunnuck, robertparker.com, March 3, 2016)

In light of the higher than usual acidity that 2021 delivered, Gassier made the choice to put some of the barrels of this wine through malolactic fermentation, which makes this vintage particularly vibrant and fresh. This wine shows white currant, orange blossom, apricot, quince, crushed stone, toasted bread, and honeyed minerality, with a fleshy, rich character that does not lose its freshness, poise or purity. Drink through 2028+.

A later release based on 60% Grenache, 30% Carignan, and the balance Syrah that saw plenty of whole clusters in the ferment, the 2020 Costières De Nîmes VOX reveals a medium ruby hue to go with a gorgeous array of ripe black raspberries, wild strawberries, spicy wood, and savory, peppery garrigue. Medium to full-bodied, round, and mouth-filling, it has good richness as well as an overriding roundness and elegance. It's a gorgeous wine and as good as many top Châteauneuf du Pape. Drink bottles over the coming decade. Maturity: 2023-2033. Score - 94. (jebdunnuck.com, Nov. 2, 2023)

A blend of 60% Grenache, 25% Mourvèdre, and 15% Syrah, the 2022 Costières De Nîmes Héritage is vibrant, up-front, and perfumed with exotic red and blue fruits, orange blossom, ground pepper, and violet nuances. It's medium to full-bodied, has the forward, sexy, fruit-loaded style of the vintage, fine tannins, and outstanding length. Score - 89-91. (jebdunnuck.com, Oct. 30, 2023)