Gigondas Red Rhone Blend

Truncated family party notes. Straight down the middle fastball of a Giggie. Big but balanced. Fruit and stony garrigue. Some tannin, soft but significant. Nice value!

Good and well made. Maybe not super complex. 14% a plus over 15% abv last few vintages.

Drank 1/15/22

Blackberry, lavender, and some earth on the nose. Lacks some of the "garrigue" that I would typically associate with the rhone valley. Blackberry, tar, black licorice and firm tannins on the palate. Black fruit on the drying finish, which does go on for quite a while. Nice ,drinkable middle of the road Ginondas, but for the price, buy this one up.

3/21/8/3/4 +50 =89 pts

When you see Gigondas at Costco prices, you buy it, right? It’s not great, not special, but it is enjoyable. The nose shows more promise than the flavor experience. The forward notes on the palate are most exciting. Mid and finishing notes are unremarkable. Subtle earth and farm, but underwhelming.

Good but not particularly noteworthy. Grenache for the American palate. Cherry, cooked plum, and rock aromas.

The major grape combinations is wonderful. Light but excellent flavor of dark berries. Nice on pallet and slightly sweet. Love it

Ripe, but not showy. Little to no oak. Lacks complexity and freshness, but not bad wine.

Clear, medium to pale ruby in color; on the nose, it's clean with medium intensity primary and secondary aromas of raspberries, dried herbs, and hibiscus; on the palate, it's dry with medium acidity, medium tannins, high alcohol, medium body, and pronounced intensity primary and secondary flavors of blackberries, dried cranberries, cinnamon, and black cardamom with a long finish. This wine is s little bitter at first, but complex and intense. Overall, I rate this wine as very good.

Gigondas at a great price. 85 Grenache, 10 Syrah, 5 Mouvedre. Made by a young winemaker: Guillaume Gonnet. Gigondas at CDR pricing

Nice! Plum, cherry, violets, garrique, minerals, pepper, and just a touch of bacon fat! Great long finish, ninety minute decant!
QPR that you can not beat.