The 2016 Costieres de Nimes les Galets Dores features subtle spice notes layered atop pear and melon fruit. This medium-bodied white is fresh and briny in style, with saline notes marking the long finish. It should drink well for a year or so.

The entry level white is the 2015 Costières de N?mes Galetes Dorés, which is 40% Roussanne, 25% Grenache and the balance Vermentino. Notes of citrus rind, white flowers and a touch of minerality emerge from this fresh, crisp and deliciously quaffable white that’s ideal for near-term drinking.

A solid value, the 2014 Costières de N?mes les Calets Dores is close to an even split of Roussanne, Grenache Blanc and Vermentino, with smaller parts Marsanne and Viognier. It gives up pretty peach, pineapple, honeysuckle and white flowers as well as a medium-bodied, juicy, well-made style on the palate. It will drink nicely for 1-2 years.

A blend of 40% Roussanne, 20% Vermentino, 25% Grenache Blanc, 10% Marsanne and 5% Viognier, the 2012 Costieres De Nimes Galets Dores offers lively, fresh notes of green apple, wild herbs and tinges of minerality to go with racy acidity and a medium-bodied profile on the palate. There’s solid fruit, and it’s a quaffable white geared for drinking over the coming couple of years. Importer: Paul Young Fine Wines

The 2010 Les Galets Dore, a blend of 40% Roussanne, 25% Grenache Blanc, 25% Vermentino and the rest Clariette and Marsanne, offers flowery notes intermixed with hints of honeysuckle, candle wax and fresh pears. This ripe, medium-bodied, flavorful, delicious white wine begs to be drunk with seafood. Drink it over the next year. One of the many excellent small estates in the Costieres de Nimes is Mourgues du Gres, which has been a perennial entry in the “best value” sections of this journal.Importer: Peter Weygandt, Weygandt-Metzler, Unionville, PA; tel. (610) 486-0800