Dark centre but fading to almost clear at the edge.
Nose autumnal, smokey with some tobacco/cedar notes in there too.
Palate again autumnal with lots of dark fruit, raisins etc with spice and chocolate hints. Alcohol a little strong on the finish but this wine has aged really well. Can’t see it improving much more but as there’s not one bottled (after this one) so it probably won’t get the chance. Good length with flavours lingering on and perhaps becoming even more fruity with blackberries and even raspberries hints.
If a wine can be reminiscent of log fires and minces pies, this may well be it…even if it is only October! Will try to remember it’s there at Christmas to drink the last one…probably!
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In good shape and definitely still in its drinking window. Hot nose of black cherry, dark chocolate and acetate. Plum jam and cassis palate. Good acid that cuts through the jammy black fruit but it is such that is a little thin on the mid palate. Warm smokey/earthy finish. Good, if a little hot and boozy.
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Despite notes saying it should have been drunk over two years ago, and indeed my own notes from the previous couple of bottles, this was great. it seems to have come back into its own.
Colour fading (as expected) and even the nose was a little subdued. There were some smokey, autumnal hints but even after and hour or so in the decanter, they had largely drifted away.
However, on the palate there was rich, dried (in a good way) fruit, some smokiness and perhaps even Christmas cake (without the marzipan and icing!) and dark chocolate. There was good length too.
That said, on the second day much of the power had gone, perhaps showing the age - and it's not going to get any better. There are a couple of bottles left and they probably shouldn't be kept too long!
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A little passed it but still powerful flavours of dark fruits (plums etc) combined with more leathery/tobacco notes. Drying on the finest but ripe tannin and good, if dried, fruit still going well. Not for keeping much longer but worth enjoying now!
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On the edge of being past it. Colour good with dark centre and bricks edges. Went well with rich casserole but the fruit was definitely drying out. Slightly sharp acid didn’t help but with food that disappeared. Powerful wine with good dried fruit flavours. We have more in the cellar so will need to get on with it!
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Nice medium to full bodied Gigondas with ripe cherry and peppery notes. Yet this bottle had travelled a lot and it seems it has affected the wine a bit...
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Intense and expressive, dark fruit impressions and lots of jam flavored. A great grenache example and one of the most powerful gigondas out there. Had it at the town of gigondas, purchased it and bought another one again in NYC. This is a great bottle and a wonderful expression of its terroir.
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DOFT: Stor frisk doft med kryddig frukt och diskret fatton, inslag av örter och vitpeppar, mörka körsbär, plommon och björnbär.
SMAK: Fyllig, rikt fruktig, mycket frisk och något stram smak med välintegrerad fatkaraktär, inslag av mörk choklad och vitpepprig mörk bärfrukt med aning animalisk ton. Mycket läcker och smakrik gigondas som kan tävla med granndistriktet Châteauneuf-du-Pape. "Kryddigt & mustigt".
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10/29/2021 - Chalkhills Likes this wine: 93 Points
Dark centre but fading to almost clear at the edge.
Nose autumnal, smokey with some tobacco/cedar notes in there too.
Palate again autumnal with lots of dark fruit, raisins etc with spice and chocolate hints. Alcohol a little strong on the finish but this wine has aged really well. Can’t see it improving much more but as there’s not one bottled (after this one) so it probably won’t get the chance. Good length with flavours lingering on and perhaps becoming even more fruity with blackberries and even raspberries hints.
If a wine can be reminiscent of log fires and minces pies, this may well be it…even if it is only October! Will try to remember it’s there at Christmas to drink the last one…probably!
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5/24/2020 - Weinberg Falls wrote: 89 Points
In good shape and definitely still in its drinking window. Hot nose of black cherry, dark chocolate and acetate. Plum jam and cassis palate. Good acid that cuts through the jammy black fruit but it is such that is a little thin on the mid palate. Warm smokey/earthy finish. Good, if a little hot and boozy.
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4/15/2020 - Chalkhills Likes this wine: 90 Points
Despite notes saying it should have been drunk over two years ago, and indeed my own notes from the previous couple of bottles, this was great. it seems to have come back into its own.
Colour fading (as expected) and even the nose was a little subdued. There were some smokey, autumnal hints but even after and hour or so in the decanter, they had largely drifted away.
However, on the palate there was rich, dried (in a good way) fruit, some smokiness and perhaps even Christmas cake (without the marzipan and icing!) and dark chocolate. There was good length too.
That said, on the second day much of the power had gone, perhaps showing the age - and it's not going to get any better. There are a couple of bottles left and they probably shouldn't be kept too long!
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11/2/2018 - Chalkhills Likes this wine: 89 Points
A little passed it but still powerful flavours of dark fruits (plums etc) combined with more leathery/tobacco notes. Drying on the finest but ripe tannin and good, if dried, fruit still going well. Not for keeping much longer but worth enjoying now!
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10/13/2018 - Morten Andersen wrote: 95 Points
brillant
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9/25/2018 - Chalkhills wrote: 87 Points
On the edge of being past it. Colour good with dark centre and bricks edges. Went well with rich casserole but the fruit was definitely drying out. Slightly sharp acid didn’t help but with food that disappeared. Powerful wine with good dried fruit flavours. We have more in the cellar so will need to get on with it!
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7/21/2018 - Morten Andersen wrote: 94 Points
Magnificent wine. lovely nose, round and mellow lovely aftertaste
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12/18/2015 - Stefanos T. wrote: 88 Points
Nice medium to full bodied Gigondas with ripe cherry and peppery notes. Yet this bottle had travelled a lot and it seems it has affected the wine a bit...
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11/25/2015 - Morten Andersen Likes this wine: 90 Points
Classic Gigondas. peffectly riped and smooth. somewhat pepperish, medium nose and aftertaste.
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10/26/2012 - Fat cat wrote: 88 Points
Rich dark mature Gigondas - This is great PQR at around EUR14 a bottle.
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6/3/2012 - javi777 wrote: 95 Points
Intense and expressive, dark fruit impressions and lots of jam flavored. A great grenache example and one of the most powerful gigondas out there. Had it at the town of gigondas, purchased it and bought another one again in NYC. This is a great bottle and a wonderful expression of its terroir.
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5/21/2012 - Existumator wrote:
DOFT: Stor frisk doft med kryddig frukt och diskret fatton, inslag av örter och vitpeppar, mörka körsbär, plommon och björnbär.
SMAK: Fyllig, rikt fruktig, mycket frisk och något stram smak med välintegrerad fatkaraktär, inslag av mörk choklad och vitpepprig mörk bärfrukt med aning animalisk ton. Mycket läcker och smakrik gigondas som kan tävla med granndistriktet Châteauneuf-du-Pape. "Kryddigt & mustigt".
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