Crus & Terroirs

English

Crus & Terroirs

Famille Perrin Sélection Parcellaire Gigondas Vieilles Vignes

AOC Gigondas, Vallée du Rhône, France

Presentation

Tasting tips

Reviews

This wine gets its exceptional aromas from vines spanning less than 1 hectare, with nearly 100 years in age.

› Description

A small plot of less than 1 hectare of pre-Phyloxera vines (around 100 years old). The yields are very small and the production is limited to 1500 bottles a year.

› Situation

Located at the South-Western end of the Appellation, at the heart of the historical village of Gigondas.

Afficher Sans titre sur une carte plus grande

› The vintage

In 2010, all the right conditions were united to produce an exceptional vintage.
Heavy rainfall during spring, followed by a very hot summer and an Indian summer in September allowed for great harvest conditions.
This vintage produced very balanced wines with intense notes of fruit and great finesse.

› Terroir

Sandy soils

› Process

Ageing in 1 year-old Foudres for 1 year.
No destemming
Maceration for 13 days
Pumping over

› Grapes

Grenache
Syrah

› Tasting

Colour: Deep red
Nose: Intense on red fruit, spices and pepper
Mouth: Great complexity with a soft texture and beautifully balanced tannins

› Service

15°C in big wine glasses
Match: Veal with Girolles mushrooms, Beef stew

› Recipes

› Truffled Pigeon and Crunchy betroots

› Stephen Tanzer - 01/02/2012
Josh Raynolds

Glass-staining ruby. Aromas of fresh red berries, rose and lavender, with an exotic touch of Asian spices emerging with air. Juicy and precise, offering sweet raspberry and cherry flavors and slow-mounting anise and white pepper notes. The bright finish features very good clarity and lingering sweetness.

• Note: 91/100

› Wine Advocate
Robert Parker

It is dense, full-bodied, textured and impressive, but it has to take a backseat to the 2010 Gigondas Vieilles Vignes, which has an opaque purple color and a stunning nose of blackberry, black raspberry, asphalt, spring flowers and wet rocks. The minerality jumps from the glass in this full-bodied, powerfully built and beautifully pure Gigondas.

• Note: 90-92/100