2019 Famille Perrin Domaine du Clos des Tourelles Gigondas
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Brilliant ruby-red. Powerful, smoke-accented black raspberry, cherry liqueur and lavender scents are complicated by a spicy white pepper nuance that emerges with air. It's chewy and sharply focused on the palate and displays sappy red and blue fruit, star anise and bitter chocolate flavors with an energizing spike of smoky minerality. Finishes firm and long with polished tannins and a lingering cherry pit note.
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All Grenache that was vinified in tank and brought up in tronconique wooded tank, the 2019 Gigondas Clos Des Tourelles is up there with the top vintages of this cuvée and is well worth seeking out. Roughly 60% destemmed, it has a core of black raspberry fruit as well as lots of ground pepper, spice, violets, and floral notes in its full-bodied, ultra-fine, pure, seamless style. It’s a heavenly Gigondas that will evolve for 15-20 years if stored correctly.