Domaine Notre Dame des Pallières
Les Mourres Gigondas Red Rhône Blend
Gigondas, Southern Rhône, Rhône, France
Lovely dark color, nice dark-fruited Grenache (80% Grenache, 10% Syrah, 10% Mourvèdre), but this is 15% ABV, and shows excessive ABV.
(Mini Rant — So, Garagiste is doing more and more “Mystery Wines”, which always sound so damn good, yet in the past two years I’ve purchased — unknowingly — at least 8-10 different Rhône reds where the ABV is not disclosed because it’s a “Mystery Wine”, and I get the wine and it’s 15% and higher, and frankly HOT — too much alcohol — I guess the answer is to simply ignore the “Mystery Rhônes” because they are likely to have too high of ABV, but really???) — am I “off-base” here?? I’ve purchased many, many wines from Garagiste which I LOVE, but I frankly don’t know what to do about this??
Lovely dark color, nice dark-fruited Grenache (80% Grenache, 10% Syrah, 10% Mourvèdre), but this is 15% ABV, and shows excessive ABV.
(Mini Rant — So, Garagiste is doing more and more “Mystery Wines”, which always sound so damn good, yet in the past two years I’ve purchased — unknowingly — at least 8-10 different Rhône reds where the ABV is not disclosed because it’s a “Mystery Wine”, and I get the wine and it’s 15% and higher, and frankly HOT — too much alcohol — I guess the answer is to simply ignore the “Mystery Rhônes” because they are likely to have too high of ABV, but really???) — am I “off-base” here?? I’ve purchased many, many wines from Garagiste which I LOVE, but I frankly don’t know what to do about this??
Very juicy but in a mellow and mature way, soft tannins, extremely nice
Very juicy but in a mellow and mature way, soft tannins, extremely nice
Jun 3rd, 2023