2004 Gigondas Cuvee Valbelle
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The 2004 Gigondas Valbelle is a big, rich, blend of 80% Grenache and 20% Syrah. This wine has a sweet nose of licorice, tar, peppery roasted meats, blackberries, and cherries. It is smoky, rich, and impressively endowed. I would drink it over the next decade. Robert Parker, Wine Advocate February 2007
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The 2004 Gigondas Valbelle is a smoking blend of 90% Grenache and 10% Syrah that comes from an old-vine selection of different terroirs. Aged 50% in new barrels and 50% in one-year-old barrels, this medium to full-bodied blend offers plenty of structure and chewy tannin to go with fabulous aromas and flavors of spiced meats, smoke, graphite and sweet blackberry-styled fruit. One of the younger wines in this report, it will continue to drink nicely through 2021. Apr 2014, www.robertparker.com