Chateau de Campuget 'Tradition de Campuget' Rouge, Rhone, France

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The nearly outstanding 1996 Costieres de Nimes Rouge is a blend of 50% Grenache, 25% Syrah, 15% Merlot, and 10% Cabernet Sauvignon. The Grenache vines are 50-years old, and it is that varietal that seems to dominate the wine's personality. The dark purple, opaque color is followed by sweet, expansive aromas of kirsch, tobacco, pepper, and spice. Medium to full-bodied, with superb richness, terrific purity, and layers of fruit, this is a gutsy, exuberant, impeccably well-made, dry red that should drink well for 4-5 years.I find it ironic that importer Robert Kacher, who is justifiably renowned for his portfolio of top-flight Burgundies (aged largely in new oak casks), does especially fine work in under $20 wines that never see one day in oak! The Domaine du Campuget wines are tank-fermented and aged. Excellent values.The wines reviewed in this segment are the finest Campuget wines I have yet tasted. Many readers are already familiar with the glorious wine bargains that this domaine has produced in the past from this region, just south of Avignon in the Mistral-beaten, lunar-landscape-like area that is the corridor between the southern Rhone valley and Languedoc-Roussillon. Many of our nation's small quality importers have discovered that the finest wines of Costieres de Nimes merit serious attention. Prices are still a bargain, but do not expect that to last long given today's international wine market.Importer: Robert Kacher Selections, Washington, DC; tel. (202) 832-9083