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| Community Tasting Notes (average 90.5 pts. and median of 91 pts. in 46 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by fussyeater on 4/28/2023 flawed bottle: Less Celebrated France (WIMPS) (La Trompette, Chiswick, London): Mildly corked with a little wet cardboard and slightly clipped on the midpalate. Withdrawn as faulty and almost replaced until it transpired that the Gevrey offered in replacement was proffered in jest! (702 views) | | | Tasted by Vinumming & Ahhing on 4/28/2023 flawed bottle: Less Celebrated France WIMPS #164 28th April 2023 (La Trompette, Chiswick): Corked. Sham as there was lots to like behind the TCA curtain. (791 views) | | | Tasted by SCM Fan on 2/23/2023 flawed bottle: Flawed- horrible VA. (665 views) | | | Tasted by jpkc on 4/29/2021 & rated 89 points: Decanted, little sediment, drinkable on opening, very good (1204 views) | | | Tasted by mxpbuy on 4/10/2020 & rated 92 points: Finally starting to enter its ideal drinking window. I consumed my other too soon. A dense wine where the Mourvedre and Syrah provide extra power and bring on the near tarry black fruits to layer over the Grenache red fruits which break through after mid palate. Still a relatively young wine with likely another 5+ years of peak drinking behind it and during which we might get some more nuanced notes. (1472 views) | | | Tasted by jyensan on 2/15/2020 & rated 92 points: Tight and hot at first. Opened up after an hour and continued to evolve. Blackberry, raspberry, orange peel, tar, black tea, tobacco, green olives, baking spices. Well integrated tannins and a pleasure to drink. Plenty of life left. Well balanced and a great value. (1225 views) | | | Tasted by mxpbuy on 8/19/2019 & rated 89 points: Loads of red and black fruits. Tannins still firm. Dried herbs but a slight touch of a medicinal element at the finish that knocked it down a couple points for me after starting off so well. This wine seems like it needs at least a couple more years to come together fully. I suspect a drinking window to 2025. (1347 views) | | | Tasted by LightDancer on 4/2/2019 & rated 90 points: PnP'd. Probably should have decanted, as there weren't the layers of flavor I had anticipated. Still, well-balanced, with red and dark fruits emerging. See what the other half of the bottle is tomorrow. (1529 views) | | | Tasted by Mootsie on 11/7/2018 & rated 86 points: Much better than the last bottle which was probably flawed. Earthy, subdued fruit. Notes based on Day 2. (1368 views) | | | Tasted by Mootsie on 10/26/2018 & rated 75 points: Pine, alcohol burn, little, if any fruit. Bad wine.
Day 2 worse. Incredibly bitter.
These are either past prime, flawed in some way I have not seen before or just don’t age well. (1135 views) | | | Tasted by GARDEN on 12/3/2017 & rated 91 points: This took a little while to open up. However, it was a pop and pour and straight out of a cooler set at 55 degrees. (1956 views) | | | Tasted by petec-s on 7/29/2017 & rated 92 points: Quite lovely, super refined and with a laser like Grenache delivery. Certainly ready and a pure vineyard wine. Fine and terribly drinkable. (2508 views) | | | Tasted by 14frimaire on 6/22/2017: Showing well (1582 views) | | | Tasted by hsacks on 2/17/2017 & rated 92 points: My final bottle of this delicious wine...similar to the 4/17/15 bottle and an excellent bottle. (2333 views) | | | Tasted by krmcgrath on 12/7/2016 & rated 91 points: The nose shows old world grenache, dark fruit, licorice and lavender. This is medium bodied with nice minerality and plenty of just ripe tannins. The dark fruit quickly transitions to earth and spice on a lingering finish. Traditional, balanced, terroir driven, delicious. (2516 views) | | | Tasted by hsacks on 12/3/2016 & rated 92 points: Same as the 4/17/15 bottle. (1875 views) | | | Tasted by Motz on 10/28/2016 & rated 94 points: This has developed beautifully during the last two years. The bouquet features the scents of thick petal flowers, blue and black berry liqueurs, herbs, wet and dry crushed rocks, and metallic ores. The wine tastes like it smells, maybe even more pronounced. The berry liqueur, crushed rock, and ore elements create an amalgam of rock and mineral berried candy, reminiscent of the crème de cassis textural weight and 'sweetness' that can be found in the finest Bordeaux, but richer. Superb balance, seductive mouthfeel, tantalizing finish.
A young wine that should reach its prime drinking window in three to five years and last until 2025+. 93-94. (2179 views) | | | Tasted by hsacks on 7/22/2016 & rated 92 points: Similar to the 4/17/15 bottle. (1631 views) | | | Tasted by hsacks on 6/21/2016 & rated 92 points: Similar to the 4/17/15 bottle. (1302 views) | | | Tasted by fambrough on 2/10/2016 & rated 87 points: Solid. Unremarkable. Still a lot of tannic grip on day two. Better after more aging? Maybe. (1713 views) | | | Tasted by nectar14 on 6/6/2015 & rated 90 points: This didn't get as much air as it needed; opened at a restaurant. Tight, focused ripe raspberry, pepper, and stone flavors. Plenty of intensity and structure on the finish. I wouldn't touch this again for 5 yrs. (2381 views) | | | Tasted by hsacks on 4/17/2015 & rated 92 points: Deep somewhat opaque dark red color. Aromas of blackberries, licorice and wood spices. Dense, ripe fruit in the mouth with excellent depth and length. As the wine is a bit young, the oak and tannins are still a bit unresolved. Excellent texture on the palate. A great value that should improve with a few more years of bottle age. (2256 views) | | | Tasted by Motz on 12/8/2014 & rated 92 points: Checking back in on this stalwart and rustic offering. Still tightly wound overall, but a little more rounded. The bouquet and palate feature blackberry, violets, meatiness, tar, iodine, savory, crushed black rocks, coal, and ores. Screaming acid and serious tannic grip. Nicely balanced, with a long fork and knife finish. Should drink well through 2020-2022. (2947 views) | | | Tasted by Motz on 5/18/2014 & rated 92 points: This is an excellent example of rustic Gigondas, nothing flamboyant. Austere, rocks, minerals, and huge grip. Drank over two days. The attack is powerful and the back features tremendous grip. Came away with the impression that the mid range is not as developed as it should be though. It's not at all hollow, it just doesn't quite match the rest of the wine. A whole lot of wine that is not quite integrated at present, but hopefully will with time. The wine is structured and dense; it should age for ten or more years and there's potential for an additional point or two. 92-93. (3726 views) | | | Tasted by yofog on 2/17/2014 & rated 93 points: Perfect. A totally awesome Gigondas and a great vintage for this brilliant and consistent wine. (3763 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
| By Josh Raynolds
Vinous, January/February 2012, IWC Issue #160
(Domaine du Gour de Chaule Gigondas Cuvee Tradition) Subscribe to see review text. | By Jancis Robinson, MW
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(Dom du Gour de Chaulé Gigondas Red) Subscribe to see review text. |
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| 2010 Domaine du Gour de Chaulé Gigondas Cuvée TraditionWinex:
You can never know everything with wine, and for as long as we have been working with the Rhône, you would think that we would have run across all of the ‘good stuff’ by now. But we received a rather emphatic reminder that there is always more great juice to be found. Domaine du Gour de Chaule Gigondas is an entirely new face for us. You can guess that the ‘marketing department’ didn’t come up with the name.
Back in 1900 when Eugene Bonfils founded this estate in the village of Gigondas, the world was a considerably different place. As most of the properties then did, Gour de Chaulé spent most of its existence selling to negociants. Eugene’s daughter, Madame Rolande Beaumet, started to bottle a small percentage of wine for private clients in 1970. Her grand-daughter Stephanie is now at the helm of this 15 hectare estate, and the decidedly traditional house style does not appear to be changing any time soon.
We mentally presumed that this wine was going to be something in an elegant style. As the wine was poured, the inky color indicated otherwise. We rarely see Grenache this dark and not only is it visually intimidating, it is big and chewy on the mouth as well. Stephanie doesn’t look very big in her pictures, but she sure makes a brawny wine. Yet for all its size and chewy, ripe tannins, there is great harmony and purity. These folks are minimal intervention types, choosing to let the terroir speak for itself. So you are getting it ‘old school’ with a definite sense of its terroir.
However, Stephanie also displays a deft touch and the balance between all of the elements here is surprising. Not only were we impressed, we found some pretty compelling notes from the typically conservative Josh Raynolds of International Wine Cellar who upgraded his previous score on this wine to a 93-94 with the following comments: “Vivid purple. A highly perfumed bouquet evokes red and dark berry preserves, pit fruits, potpourri and smoky garrigue. Stains the palate with intense black raspberry and cherry flavors that pick up an exotic floral pastille nuance with air. Rich but lithe, with excellent finishing clarity and gentle tannic grip.”
For us this wine wins on every level. It is impressive for its purity and precision, and it’s an outstanding value to boot. Probably as important as anything, it is distinctively styled and can hold its own with wines costing a lot more. They probably don’t need to use the term ‘cuvee tradition’ since they don’t make any other Gigondas and it is made in the traditional manner. But Stephanie can call it whatever she wants as long as she is making wine this good at this kind of price (though something easier to say would be nice...Gur de shoul). One of the more exciting discoveries we have had in the Rhône in a long time. No matter where you are in your 2010 southern Rhône agenda, you are not done if you don’t have some of this. Stock Report October 2013
International Vin Cellor: "Vivid purple. A highly perfumed bouquet evokes red and dark berry preserves, pit fruits, potpourri and smoky garrigue. Stains the palate with intense black raspberry and cherry flavors that pick up an exotic floral pastille nuance with air. Rich but lithe, with excellent finishing clarity and gentle tannic grip." Grenache Blend. France Vins de France (Office National Interprofessionnel des Vins ) | Pages Vins, Directory of French Winegrowers | French Wine (Wikipedia)
Wine Scholar Guild vintage ratings
2018 vintage: "marked by a wet spring, a superb summer and a good harvest"
2019 vintage reports
2021: "From a general standpoint, whether for white, rosé or red wines, 2021 is a year marked by quality in the Rhône Valley Vineyards. Structured, elegant, fresh and fruity will be the main keywords for this new vintage."
2022 harvest: idealwine.info | wine-searcher.comRhône Guide to the wines, wineries and appellations in the Rhone Valley The Rhône Valley/Le Vins de la Vallée du Rhône (Comité Interprofession des vins AOC Côtes et vallée du Rhône)
### Wine Scholar Guild's Rhône valley vintage charts & ratings ###Southern Rhône Guide to the wines, wineries and appellations in the Southern Rhone Valley
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