2016 Domaine de Fontavin Gigondas Cuvée Combe Sauvage

Community Tasting Notes (3) Avg Score: 89.5 points

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  1/14/2022 - mrgarreth Likes this wine: 89 Points

  A pronounced nose of lavender, stewed plum, raspberry liquorice, blackcurrant, coffee, chocolate, cloves, prunes, dates, and cherry confiture. The tannins are high, yet fine-grained, and give terrific mouthfeel to this wine. The palate is earthy, with plenty of ripe fruit. There is a lot of alcohol here (15%), but it is well integrated. I'd revisit this in another five years.

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  10/4/2021 - GArpaia wrote:

  Med ruby. Med+ intensity.
  Red & black cherries, dried herbs, violet, black pepper, liquorice.
  Prune, fig, dried cherry, meat, leather.
  Med+, ripe tannin. High alcohol. Full body. Sweeter red fruit on the palate. Long.
  VG- good definition, finish is long and complex.
  
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  9/30/2021 - GArpaia wrote:

  Medium ruby. Med+ intensity. Red/ black cherries. Dried herbs. Violet. Pepper, liquorice, mint. Prune, fig
  , dried cherry, meat, leather. Med+ acidity. Med+ tannins, ripe. 15% abv. FB. Sweeter red fruit on the palate. Long.
  VG.
  
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  75% Grenache, + Mourvedre and Cinsault grown in the chalky-clay soil from the slopes of the Dentelles de Montmirail in Gigondas and aged for up to 15 months.
  This side is sheltered, unlike the opposite side (Tavel, Lirac)

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