2018 Domaine Saint-Damien Gigondas La Louisiane Vieilles Vignes
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Brilliant ruby-red. Mineral- and spice-accented blueberry, raspberry and lavender aromas show fine clarity and pick up a five-spice powder nuance as the wine opens up. Juicy and focused on the palate, offering appealingly sweet dark berry and spicecake flavors that convey a deft blend of depth and energy. Finishes very long and smooth, with slowly building tannins adding shape and gentle grip.
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Richard Hemming MW, jancisrobinson.com
Jeb Dunnuck
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Vivid magenta. Highly perfumed raspberry and cherry preserve aromas are complicated by potpourri and exotic spice nuances and a smoky mineral note builds in the glass. Juicy and appealingly sweet, displaying intense red/blue fruit, spicecake and lavender pastille flavors and supple, seamless texture. Balances richness and vivacity smoothly and finishes extremely long and spicy, with harmonious tannins and a resonating echo of candied flowers.
80% Grenache, 15% Mourvèdre, 3% Cinsault, 2% Syrah. Aged for 12 months in old oak. Cask sample. Tasted blind. Reductive, catty sort of nose (acrid, ammonia) although the palate is nothing but ripe fruit throughout. Fine tannins, dark chocolate to finish, moderate length. Still in chrysalis form. Wait for the butterfly. (RH)
A bigger, richer wine, the 2018 Gigondas La Louisiane offers medium to full-bodied richness as well as lots of red and black fruits (wild strawberries, raspberries), ground pepper, and violets. A blend of 80% Grenache, 15% Mourvèdre, and the balance Syrah and Cinsault, aging in foudre, it has a great mid-palate, ripe tannins, and outstanding length. Due to the mildew, no cuvee Les Souteyrades was produced.