Gigondas 1999
Description
Textbook ‘cigar box and spice’ aromas with a palate of warm, autumnal fruit elegant tannins and a soft rounded finish.
- Style: Red Wine, Dry (Sec), Full-bodied
- Region: Rhone, Gigondas,
- Producer: Pascal Frères
- Vintage: 1999
- Grape variety (Cépage): Cinsault, Grenache Noir, Mourvèdre, Syrah
- Wine pairing - drink with: Casserole, Hard Cheese
- Cellarage: Commendably released with several years bottle age, but keeps well.
- Vinification: Hand harvested grapes are macerated and fermented in stainless steel vats then racked in used oak barrels for at least a year before bottling.
- Alcohol by Volume (ABV): 14%
- Full Tasting Notes (PDF): Download

What others think of this wine...
Simon Hoggart - The Spectator October 2010 says:Pascal Frères' Gigondas 1999 marks a rare opportunity to buy a really mature Southern Rhône wine for an exceptional price... This is the closest France comes to antipodean blockbusters, yet it too has that elegance along with the power. If there were a French word for 'bonzer', this would fit it.
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