Olivier Coste Vin de France Mourvedre Illegal 2024 cotes du bourg The palate shows off Vladis’

The palate shows off Vladis’ skill in preserving acidity under the Mediterranean sun

Telmo Rodriguez spent ten years hiking the Cañadas Reales with his father throughout the late 1990s and early 2000s

flavors of apple and lemon and basalt-infused soil

pie cherries and earthy clay accents that appear on both the nose and the palate

When the wine hits the palate

Olivier Coste Vin de France Mourvedre Illegal 2024 cotes du bourg The palate shows off Vladis’Mourvedre is generally known as the unforgiving grape of the Rhone. Slow to ripen, slow to age, and densely tannic, most winemakers along Frances Mediterranean coast use it sparingly, a small proportion of any given blend to give structure and earthy flavors other grapes lack. It is in fact Illegal to label a pure Mourvedre wine under the generally super flexible Languedoc appellation. Olivier Coste, winemaker at Domaine Montrose, does it anyway, with