M. Chapoutier Areca Costières de Nîmes Rouge – Costières de Nîmes, France
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M. Chapoutier Areca Costières de Nîmes Rouge 2023

£16.99

Well-structured, medium-bodied Syrah blend with dark plum, blackberry and a peppery, warming finish. Great with lamb.

FranceCostieres de Nimes, France·Syrah, Grenache
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ABV 14.5%Size 75clClosure CorkServe 16–18°C
Why we chose it

“Chapoutier Areca Costières de Nîmes Rouge — dark, garrigue-scented and warming. The Southern Rhône at its most honest and food-friendly.”

Kelli - Wine Buyer
Pairs with:LambSteakSpicy Food
About this wine

A Southern Rhône Secret Worth Discovering

Chapoutier's Areca Rouge brings the warmth and generosity of the southern Rhône to your glass with effortless charm. From the sun-soaked vineyards of Costières de Nîmes, this Syrah-led blend offers ripe dark plums and blackberries, peppery spice, and a hint of thyme-laced garrigue. Plush and generous on the palate, it delivers far more character than its humble origins might suggest.

Produced by M. Chapoutier — one of the Rhône Valley's most celebrated biodynamic estates — this is everyday Rhône drinking at its best: approachable, well-balanced and undeniably moreish. Ideal with grilled meats, rustic stews or a warming evening meal.

About the producer

M. Chapoutier is one of the Rhône Valley's most influential estates, with roots in Tain-l'Hermitage dating back to 1808. Under Michel Chapoutier's direction since 1990, the domaine converted entirely to biodynamic viticulture — one of the first major French producers to do so. Chapoutier crafts wines across the Northern and Southern Rhône, from benchmark Hermitage and Côte-Rôtie to Crozes-Hermitage and Châteauneuf-du-Pape, as well as wines in Australia, Portugal, and Alsace.

Rhône wine region landscape. Photo: Phillip Capper (CC BY 2.0), via Wikimedia Commons

Where This Wine Comes From

Northern Rhône Syrah and Southern Rhône GSM blends. Here M. Chapoutier grows the Syrah and Grenache behind this red. Rhône's character, bottled.

Syrah

Spicy, peppery Rhône red with dark fruit and black pepper. The French and Old World name for this grape.

Grenache

Juicy red fruit, soft tannins, high alcohol.

PRODUCER

M. Chapoutier

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REGION

Rhône

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COUNTRY

France

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