2021 Domaine Saint-Damien Gigondas Vieilles Vignes

Community Tasting Notes (11) Avg Score: 91.7 points

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  3/23/2024 - Motz wrote: 90 Points

  Red fruits, muddled flower petals, herbs, spice, glycerin, and alcohol...a whole lot of all...for better and for worse. More broadly, in the IN-YOUR-FACE style. None too elegant...but it makes its presence known. Not the equal of several terroir-driven Gigondas offerings tasted on this occasion. 89-90.

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  2/20/2024 - oakville72 Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Grenache salt dominates along with expected Mourvèdre spice. So typically Gigondas. Yummy!

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  2/4/2024 - Giggs wrote: 92 Points

  Second bottle acts like all the other reviews. Still puzzled by the 2/1/2024 bottle because it definitely didn’t seem flawed, just all acid and tannin.

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  2/1/2024 - Giggs wrote: 88 Points

  High acidity and tannic, all the usual Gigondas character, just thin and austere. Maybe it has shut down? I’ll try another bottle to confirm.

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  1/31/2024 - Vinnut Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Deep, dark reddish-purple in color; essentially opaque. Full, forward & attractive nose of ripe fruit aromas of dark cherries, blackberries & kirsch with overtones of floral notes of violets & earthy/dusty notes, spices, pepper, minerals, hints of sandalwood, some garrigue & a bit of cedar in the background. Full bodied with a very good concentration of well balanced & smooth textured, lush, ripe fruit flavors of dark cherries, blackberries & plums with spices, herbs, minerals & a touch of oak/vanilla. Lingering finish. Drinks well with decanting & extended airing but should develop further with additional aging at which time it may merit a higher score (93+). It needs a decade at a minimum.

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