Community Tasting Notes 8

• Rudolph Schmidt wrote:

  January 9, 2024 - 70% Grenache, 20% Syrah & 10% Mourvedre. 2y in oak with 50% being new. Decanted 30m.
  
  Pine, raspberry, earthy, garrigue, bramble, dried spice, minerality. A super easy drinker but wish it had a little more structure & less flab. Personally I'd drink up in the next few years.

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• Pinot Peter Likes this wine:

  August 29, 2023 - A well made and very enjoyable wine. Good balance, good length, good acidity and typical fruit profile for this wine. Glad that the 15% alcohol is not dominant on the palate. Exceeded my expectations.

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• mydi Likes this wine: 90 points

  February 20, 2023 - Had at Ruth Chris’s with a great chateaubrianne. Wonderful dinner and wine.

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• jazzop wrote: 91 points

  August 9, 2022 - Caveat: This is a delayed post by several days.
  
  A rich and nuanced wine, all at once. Despite the blend percentage, this drinks like a rich Syrah more so than the Grenache of which it is primarily composed. A surprising, spicy [/i]garrigue[/i] note complements the dark, lush, plummy profile. Cassis and mulberry arise from time to time. Low acidity, but an excessively high EtOH level distracts. Tannins are lush and velvety, but there is still some cellar time left to play with. I recommend opening early and, if practicable, decanting before drinking. This will stand up to and complement highly spiced Mediterranean and Middle Eastern dishes from North Africa, Greece, Turkey, Georgia, etc.

• Juliansi Likes this wine: 87 points

  June 21, 2022 - Primarily red fruits palate, with a slight floral bouquet on the nose. There were hints of leather and earth, and some much needed pepper on the medium-length finish too. Was surprised it wasn't fuller bodied, but it was simple enough a wine to pair with the pasta and meats served.
  
  This Gigondas is from Southern Rhone, and is made of 70% Grenache, 20 % Syrah, 10% Mourvèdre. We tried this at the E Guigal 4-course dinner hosted by Charlotte Terouanne of Europvin and the team at Milawa, in Horizon Grill (Banyan Tree hotel).
  
  Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - 21 Jun 2022

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2017
• Type Red
• Producer E. Guigal
• Varietal Red Rhone Blend
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard n/a
• Country France
• Region Rhône
• SubRegion Southern Rhône
• Appellation Gigondas

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