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2015 Domaine Gassier Lou Coucardie Costieres de Nimes Rouge 750 ml

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Dunnuck: “Michel Gassier Is Knocking It Out of the Park.”

We’ve long been obsessed with Domaine Gassier’s gorgeous Rhône wines for their outrageous combination of quality and value. Today’s wine is a poster child for this overachieving domaine.

Jeb Dunnuck called the 2015 Domaine Gassier Lou Coucardié Costières de Nîmes Rouge a “sexy beast of a wine.” Tasted blind, this opulent bottle would fool the best palate into believing it’s a Châteauneuf-du-Pape—and that’s because it’s made from classic Châteauneuf grapes from a terroir that looks identical to that iconic appellation.

Robert Parker himself once described Domaine Gassier’s bottles as “fascinating wines [that] almost defy belief given their realistic pricing,” and Michel Gassier is one of the stars of the Costières de Nîmes appellation, which sits just an hour southwest of Châteauneuf.

Domaine Gassier’s vineyards are marked by nearly identical gentle grades of ancient craggy vines and the unmistakable galets roulés—large rounded stones left by ancient glaciers—which are the distinguishing feature of Châteauneuf-du-Pape’s prized terroir. Those singular soils, combined with their home in the cooler southern portion of the Costières de Nîmes, allow for a perfect synthesis of richness, texture, and brightness—making it easy to mistake the wines for much more expensive Châteauneuf-du-Pape.

Tall and soft-spoken, M. Gassier explained to us in impeccable English  how he's made it his life’s mission to prove that his soils can produce wines just as awe-inspiring as those from the Rhône’s better-known subzones. 

It’s safe to say Jeb Dunnuck is a fan. He once said “Michel Gassier Is knocking it out of the park,” and declared that “Enough can’t be said about the quality coming from Michel Gassier’s own label…these wines consistently punch well above their price point.” Is there any better endorsement?