2016 Paul Jaboulet Aîné Gigondas Pierre Aiguille

Community Tasting Notes (5) Avg Score: 90.3 points

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  6/8/2023 - rossi.wine wrote: 90 Points

  Full bodied, rustic, generous. Good acidity, ripe fruit, well integrated tannins. Medium depth and length. 89-91

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  10/6/2022 - rossi.wine wrote: 90 Points

  Consistent with previous note. 89-91

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  5/1/2022 - rossi.wine wrote: 91 Points

  Generous, balanced, rustic with bold flavours, nice structure, medium complexity and length. Drink or keep. 90-92

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  4/30/2022 - rossi.wine wrote: flawed

  Heavily corked.

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  12/1/2020 - Paul852 Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Decanted from cellar temperature and began to drink after about 90 minutes with a simple pasta dish with a tomato-based sauce.
  
  The nose is classic Rhone: dark red fruits, hints of herbs and spiciness. The palate is rather grippy: immediate mouth-coating tannins, which are drying, but not unpleasant, surrounding more of those dark red fruits, nice herbal/garrigue notes, and a medium acidity which is in a good balance overall. The fruit fades quite quickly on the finish, leaving the dry tannins and a pleasantly crisp acidity to linger for a little longer.
  
  Overall this isn't a big heavy wine, but it is very nicely balanced on the palate with a certain complexity of flavours and a dry mouthfeel. I see it as a "light food" wine rather than one to sip on its own.
  
  I got this at a low price due to a stock-picking error at my supplier, but at the CAV of ~US$20 this is very decent QPR.
  
  EDIT: to say that this continues to develop with air, and after about 3 hours the acidity and, to some extent the tannins, have softened and this is has become a rather smooth and easy-drinking wine. For my taste I preferred it at 60-90 minutes with a little more acidic bite, but others may prefer the softer version after more air.

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