2007 Pierre Gaillard Faugères Transhumance

Community Tasting Notes (6) Avg Score: 89.4 points

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  7/29/2014 - Mimesis Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Gaillard uses plenty of new oak here, which is a high-risk strategy for a country wine. Luckily, it pays off. Transhumance dries the tongue for a second with a shade too much alcohol and wood, but then expands into a rich, warm flood of classic GSM flavor. It compares well with most Chateauneuf du Pape. The Languedoc minerality is relatively muted, but lingers afterwards, so it finishes as a Faugeres.
  
  My bottle's condition was perfect - while nothing seemed in danger of fading, I could see no reason to wait another day to drink any bottles you might have.
  
  Easily the best $20 wine I've had this year.

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  2/14/2013 - guchl Likes this wine: 91 Points

  decanted for about two hours:
  dark red/purple color, quite opaque. Nose of dark berries and black cherries, an herbaceous note (eucalyptus?) and some smoke and barnyard. tastes of darker fruits (plum/prune), herby note still there but seems a little licorice-y. medium finish with a little charcoal and the end. not as good as the bottle 6 or so months ago, but still very good. -- 90
  
  Day 2: wish we had more left over. even better, everything more open.
  -- 92

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  1/7/2012 - czar33 wrote: 88 Points

  Je maintiens ma note mais le vin m'a semblé un peu mou... aéré puis carafé, je décelais une légère amertume non désirable dans le premier verre, j'ai cru que j'avais trop attendu mais cela s'est replacé ensuite. Couleur carmin foncé, opaque et assez épais. Nez discret.

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  8/7/2011 - Tony Molester wrote:

  Agree with notes below, however not exactly a wine of finesse in my opinion. More a smooth vin de soif.

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  5/16/2010 - czar33 Likes this wine: 88 Points

  Concentré, pas trop tannique mais assez pour vieillir, beau nez, bonne longueur.

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