2015 Château Gigault Cuvée Viva

Community Tasting Notes (14) Median Score: 90 points

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  9/27/2023 - Janstan Likes this wine: 85 Points

  Went well with beef bbq

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  4/10/2023 - Janstan Likes this wine: 86 Points

  Went well with grilled pork chop

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  11/22/2022 - oakville72 Likes this wine: 89 Points

  A very approachable, well-made, merlot-dominant Bordeaux, a wine that we used to call "petit Bordeaux". Why so many Bordeaux vintners have migrated to merlot from cabernet sauvignon and cabernet franc (and other traditional varietals) is obvious: merlot resists disease better than cabernet franc, ripens earlier and bears better than both. It's all about the $$$. Yet the plethora of merlot-based wines has led to a ho-humness in so much Bordeaux, particularly those from the right bank. They all taste so similar! That said, this is a fine Blaye at a very approachable price.

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  8/22/2022 - chrisk525 Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Excellent value, versatile, easy drinking Bordeaux. Smooth tannins, nice acidity.

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  7/31/2022 - Joelene wrote: 89 Points

  Limestone and cedar nose with red cherry and rushed stone and mushrooms. Good acidity, dry finish.

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