The Domaine du Prince of Costières-de-Nîmes of Rhone Valley

Domaine du Prince - Costières-de-Nîmes Blanc
The winery offers 3 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.6.
It is ranked in the top 37 of the estates of Rhone Valley.
It is located in Costières-de-Nîmes in the region of Rhone Valley

The Domaine du Prince is one of the world's great estates. It offers 3 wines for sale in of Costières-de-Nîmes to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Domaine du Prince wines

Looking for the best Domaine du Prince wines in Costières-de-Nîmes among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Domaine du Prince wines. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be suitable with the wines from this area. Learn more about the region and the Domaine du Prince wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top white wines of Domaine du Prince

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Domaine du Prince

How Domaine du Prince wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of stuffed potatoes, pan-fried salmon with lemon and dill sauce or savoyard fondue.

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Domaine du Prince.

  • Grenache Blanc
  • Roussanne
  • Marsanne

Discovering the wine region of Costières-de-Nîmes

The wine region of Costières-de-Nîmes is located in the region of Rhône méridional of Rhone Valley of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Scamandre or the Château d'Or et de Gueules produce mainly wines red, pink and white. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Costières-de-Nîmes are Mourvèdre, Roussanne and Viognier, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Costières-de-Nîmes often reveals types of flavors of non oak, thyme or raisin and sometimes also flavors of clove, cocoa or coffee.

In the mouth of Costières-de-Nîmes is a powerful with a nice freshness. We currently count 316 estates and châteaux in the of Costières-de-Nîmes, producing 875 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Costières-de-Nîmes go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison).

The top pink wines of Domaine du Prince

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Domaine du Prince

How Domaine du Prince wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish such as recipes of alsatian sauerkraut, wild rice salad with tuna or shrimp with garlic and orange.

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Domaine du Prince.

  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Grenache

Discover the grape variety: Grenache

Grenache noir is a grape variety that originated in Spain. It produces a variety of grape specially used for the elaboration of wine. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by medium to large bunches, and grapes of medium size. Grenache noir can be found in many vineyards: South West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Provence & Corsica, Languedoc & Roussillon, Rhone Valley, Loire Valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais.

The top red wines of Domaine du Prince

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Domaine du Prince

How Domaine du Prince wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of marinated shrimp skewers with garlic, lamb tagine with honey and dried fruits or wild boar stew marinated in red wine.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Domaine du Prince

On the nose the red wine of Domaine du Prince. often reveals types of flavors of smoke, non oak or earth and sometimes also flavors of oak, red fruit or black fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Domaine du Prince. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Domaine du Prince

  • 2017With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2010With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.40/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Domaine du Prince.

  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Grenache
  • Mourvedre

The word of the wine: Chaptalization

The addition of sugar at the time of fermentation of the must, an ancient practice, but theorized by Jean-Antoine Chaptal at the dawn of the 19th century. The sugar is transformed into alcohol and allows the natural degree of the wine to be raised in a weak or cold year, or - more questionably - when the winegrower has a harvest that is too large to obtain good maturity.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Domaine du Prince

Planning a wine route in the of Costières-de-Nîmes? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Domaine du Prince.

Discover the grape variety: Roussanne

Roussane is a white grape variety, planted on an area of more than 700 ha. Originally from Montélimar, it is also found in Savoie, Languedoc and Roussillon, and grows very well in calcareous, poor, stony soil. It prefers to be pruned short. Roussane is also called fromenteau, barbin or bergeron. The young leaves are bubbled with fine down. When adult, they become thicker. It flowers in June and matures in mid-September. The grapes are cylindrical in shape, the berries are small and turn red when ripe, and the wine produced from pure Roussane is of extraordinary quality. It has a delicate aroma reminiscent of coffee, honeysuckle, iris and peony. The taste of this wine improves with age. It is part of the blend of the appellations Vin-de-Savoie, Côtes-du-Vallée du Rhône or Châteauneuf-du-Pape.

News about Domaine du Prince and wines from the region

Rare Haut-Brion helps Prince Robert of Luxembourg cellar auction ‘smash’ estimate

All 818 lots were sold in the auction, which saw Prince Robert of Luxembourg, chairman and CEO of Château Haut-Brion owner Domaine Clarence Dillon, open up his personal cellar to raise funds for the PolG Foundation. Featuring 4,200 bottles and covering Bordeaux wine royalty spanning more than a century of vintages, Sotheby’s said the auction ‘smashed’ its pre-sale high estimate of around $4m.  Two 4.5-litre Jeroboams of Haut-Brion, one from the 1926 vintage and the other from 1 ...

Platinum: The 97 point wines of DWWA 2022

The largest-ever year for entries, an incredible 18,244 wines were judged at the 2022 Decanter World Wine Awards – with just 163 wines awarded a Platinum medal. ‘Winning a Platinum medal is something really exceptional’ said Decanter World Wine Awards Co-Chair Sarah Jane Evans MW. ‘Platinum is like the stratospheric level’ she commented, ‘so it’s really saying to the winemaker: this is a great wine.’ Making up just 0.87% of the total wines tasted at the 2022 c ...

Group of winegrowers seeks UNESCO recognition for ungrafted vines

The Francs de Pied (Ungrafted Vines) group, which last met two weeks ago at Pasquet’s Liber Pater winery in the Graves, consists of a growing circle of vignerons who work with ungrafted vineyards planted to native varieties. The list includes Francs de Pied president Loïc Pasquet himself, vice-president Egon Müller (Mosel), and secretary Andrea Polidoro of Cupano (Montalcino) and Contrada Contro (Marche); as well as Gocha Chkhaidze of leading Georgian winery, Askaneli; Thibault Liger-Belair (Bur ...

The word of the wine: Chaptalization

The addition of sugar at the time of fermentation of the must, an ancient practice, but theorized by Jean-Antoine Chaptal at the dawn of the 19th century. The sugar is transformed into alcohol and allows the natural degree of the wine to be raised in a weak or cold year, or - more questionably - when the winegrower has a harvest that is too large to obtain good maturity.