"2024 Costières de Nîmes “Galets Dorés” Blanc- Château Mourgues du Grès The 2024 vintage of Mourgues du Grès’ bottling of Galets Dorés Blanc bottling is made from a cépages of fifty percent grenache blanc, thirty percent roussanne and twenty percent vermentino, which is as bit less complicated than the blend that comprised the 2023 version. The vines are planted on chalky soils and the vineyards have a northern exposition that helps deflect some of global warming’s effects. The wine comes in at an even thirteen percent octane in 2024 and delivers a bright and complex nose of pear, tart orange, chalky minerality, lemon peel, dried flowers and a lovely touch of green olive in the upper register from the vermentino. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied, ripe and complex, with a superb core of fruit, lovely soil signature and grip, fine framing acids and a long, well balanced and succulent finish. This is excellent wine."