Michel Gassier Lou Coucardie Blanc 2012

Even more rich and layered, the 2012 Costieres De Nimes Lou Coucardie is a blend of 59% Roussanne and 41% Viognier. Aged in 10-15% new 500-Liter barrels, it offers up a spectacular array of ripe golden fruits, lemon curd, flowers and hints of vanilla that flow to a medium to full-bodied, voluptuously textured white that builds in the glass, yet never seems heavy or cumbersome. It too should be purchased by the case and consumed over the coming 2-3 years. Score - 93. (Jeb Dunnuck, erobertparker.com, Dec. 2013)