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2005 Domaine Bertrand Stehelin Gigondas
Red Rhone Blend
- France
- Rhône
- Southern Rhône
- Gigondas
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Community Tasting Notes 7
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centropomus Likes this wine: 92 points
June 4, 2022 - Better than the last bottle - similar developments over a few hours but seemed to start fresher than I remember from the last one.
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centropomus Likes this wine: 91 points
February 14, 2021 - Cool development over some 5 hours or so (not in a decanter). Funk and prunes on the nose at open, but within 15 minutes in glass, totally blew off and revealed really nice black cherry and blackberry and spice. Long and smooth finish from 15-45 minutes or so, then the grip emerged with the fruit. Chewy and really long for a good hour, then the grip was mostly gone again, but the fruit was fantastic throughout. Medium+ body, lots of acid - a real delight.
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SARED wrote: 91 points
November 22, 2018 - Sweet and sour Cranberry. Fine and mouth puckering tannin. A bit of alcohol / residual heat. All in a bit of balance. Fine mouthfeel. Perhaps a table wine in its youth? But elevated table wine today! 91-92.
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Magnum PI Likes this wine: 92 points
January 4, 2017 - Brookie and I drank this without decanting right out of the chute! First, I love Gigondas, and Southern Rhone wines in general. I drink a lot of Southern Rhone, and Gigondas in particular. I have flown to France, driven to Gigondas, and drank wine until I could not see straight. I love Gigondas wine and you should too. We drank this bottle with spicy Indian food. Great pairing. The bottle is showing it's age, but is in a good place. Soft, alcohol a little pronounced, elegant. I wish I could have had a bottle at a younger age, and plan to buy some recent vintages. What I learned from this bottle is that a good bottle can go ten years no problem. That is not a small fact when you consider that a shrewd Gigondas connoisseur can pick up a nice bottle for $20-$25.
This is a very nice Gigondas, drinking well 11 years on, balanced, classy, enjoyable. You should buy a case of the next decent vintage and drink a couple of bottles a year. This is a Gigondas that is not well known outside of France, but consistently merits scores in the low to mid 90's, for what it's worth. I drink a lot of Gigondas, and in my super-informed opinion, this is a good bottle. So saith I. -
spo wrote: 90 points
May 18, 2012 - Up front stemmy, funky and earthy with strawberry, raspberry and pepper. Perfumey and exotic.
This comes close to reminding me of malbec from Loire/Cahors. I usually don't enjoy grenache or southern Rhone but was suprised how much I liked this.
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By Jon Rimmerman
3/19/2008 (link)(STEHELIN Gigondas) Gigondas Dear Friends, This wine was a highlight of my trip last summer and it puts the Southern Rhone on notice that value can come at the top-end. In the world of contenders, Gigondas remains the ugly step child to Chateaneuf du Pape, rarely delivering the depth of fruit and complexity that the best CdP can showcase - all of that is about to change with the emergence of this new winemaker - a pioneer with some of the best vines in the Southern Rhone. It takes a dynamic mind to make changes while still capturing what makes a wine region different than its neighbors. The appeal of Gigondas has been its country nature without the stylized score chase that has plagued CdP in recent years (apart from Brusset and a few other producers in Gigondas, most of the district has retained the rustic and rough nature of the wines). Bertrand Stehelin is out to prove that Gigondas can be the equal of the high-end cuvees from Chateaneuf and this wine makes a bold statement. After a very good 2004 version, the 2005 is a statement maker, not for the scores it may achieve but for the purity, perfume and harmony that only centenaire Grenache and Syrah in this area can provide. The 2005 is like crushed, dusted kirsch with a dripping licorice shell that has layers of sifted tannin and (most importantly) elegance within the big framework. This is an adult wine with class as its first attribute, not the simple rusticity of Gigondas. While the country feeling is there, the wine is about much more and it is one of the more highly recommended bottlings from Gigondas in 2005. For the price, it is every bit as good as CdP on the $40-60 range and it is the first rung on the ladder to make Gigondas a prestigious region like their neighbor: Bertrand Stehelin: “This wine was born from old vines that my ancestors planted in days gone by. Following a manual harvest and a rigorous sorting, the grapes are vinified with the utmost respect of the winemaker traditions”. If you are experimenting with the Southern Rhone, this is a major new wine that should be studied as its best attributes are what the winemaker has left behind - the technology and toasted barrels (in favor of old-school methods, cement tanks and a reliance on the very best fruit in Gigondas). VERY HIGHLY RECOMMENDED for top Southern Rhone value at the upper-end. This parcel has perfect provenance at about the same price as in Europe: 2005 Bertrand Stehelin Gigondas (old-vine/battleaxe cuvee) Please give us your maximum number up to 6/person and we will allocate accordingly Thank you, Jon Rimmerman Garagiste Seattle, WA Rhone5933
Wine Definition
- Vintage 2005
- Type Red
- Producer Domaine Bertrand Stehelin
- Varietal Red Rhone Blend
- Designation n/a
- Vineyard n/a
- Country France
- Region Rhône
- SubRegion Southern Rhône
- Appellation Gigondas
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 0 (0%)
- In Cellars 33 (22%)
- Consumed 118 (78%)
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- VarietyRed Rhone Blend
- CountryFrance
- RegionRhône
- SubRegionSouthern Rhône
- AppellationGigondas
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