Taste Notes
Primary Notes: Plum Licorice
Secondary Notes:
Tertiary Notes:
Wine Structure
Body: Full
Dryness: Dry
Acidity: Medium
Tannin: Medium +
Alcohol (%):
Origin & Awards
Origin: Côtes-du-Rhône,
Maker: E. Guigal
Grape:
Fermentation: Heavy Wood
Awards:
Serving Recommendations
Decanting:
Serving Temperature: Best served between 16–18 degrees.
Asian Food Pairing:
Western Food Pairing: Cured meat, Aged cheese, lamb chop
Description
E. Guigal Gigondas 2016
E. Guigal Gigondas has a pretty purple colour. Intense nose with dominant peach and apricot aromas, opening to notes of liquorice and earthy undergrowth. Generous, robust and powerful on the full-bodied palate. Cranberry, cherry and plum flavours with clove, pepper, leather and liquorice accents. A frank attack and direct expression with structured tannins and a lively acidity. Closes in a long, elegant finish.70% Grenache, 20% Syrah and 10% Mourvèdre. The fruit comes from vines with an average age of 40 years. The vineyard is on hillsides at the foot of Mont Ventoux, directly north-east of the town of Orange in the southern Rhône Valley. The dry, stony slopes have ancient alluvia and red clay soils with gravel.
The wine sees a traditional vinification and lengthy maceration. Ageing for 2 years in oak foudres, of which 50% was new.
Ageing potential: 10 years
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