
Technical Details
Blend | 60% Grenache, balanced by Syrah and Mourvedre |
Winemaker | Julian Brechet |
Country | France |
Region | Rhone Valley |
Appellation | Gigondas |
Farming Method | Organic Practices |
Alcohol | 14.5 |
Domaine Des Bosquets Gigondas Reserve 2019
Rhone Blends | France
$34.95 $55.00 - 750mL
Truly one of our all-time faves, Domaine des Bosquets is a long-standing heavy hitter in the Southern Rhone! With 95, double 93, and 93-95 point scores, this Domaine des Bosquets Gigondas tastes as good as any CdP out there...and we’re offering it up for a stunning 36% OFF!
Domaine des Bosquets has deep historical roots in Gigondas. It was first mentioned as a vineyard site way back in 1376. Bosquets means “a wooded grove,” which is an apt name for this vineyard found high up in the Dentelles range – isolated and surrounded by forest and scrub. We love the intensity, savory complexity, and overall balance here – 60% grenache, 30% syrah, and the rest mourvedre and cinsault.
The most recent chapter of the history of Domaine des Bosquets began in 2010 when Julien Brechet took charge of the property. With little technical training, his brother, the proprietor of Chateau de Vaudieu, sent him to Chateau de Pibarnon in Bandol to begin his training before finishing his informal studies at Chateau de Vaudieu. Under Julien's leadership and with a small staff of six employees, he began to map out his terroirs through careful studies and micro-vinifications. Since 2015 he's converted the property to certified organic farming and has begun implementing biodynamics, as well.
This is classically made baby-Châteauneuf that packs some serious weight! Fourteen different components are vinified and aged separately for a year before blending the lots together to create this cuvee. Seductive aromas of roasted herbs, black cherries, blood orange, licorice, and crushed raspberries lure you into the glass, matching with a palate that is densely structured and velvety to the very end. This should age gracefully over the next decade and easily compares with better-known Châteauneuf-du-Pape producers that are twice the price! This is an exceptional addition to any Southern Rhone collection. 95 POINTS and OVER 35% OFF! Grab yours while it lasts!
Technical Details
Blend | 60% Grenache, balanced by Syrah and Mourvedre |
Winemaker | Julian Brechet |
Country | France |
Region | Rhone Valley |
Appellation | Gigondas |
Farming Method | Organic Practices |
Alcohol | 14.5% |
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Reviews
Decanter
A full-bodied, harmonious blend, not quite as aggressively concentrated as his single-vineyard wines this year. Very tannic still, and well balanced despite its enormous size. Long finish, saturated with thick, fine tannins. The oak is quite prominent for now, but there's enough fruit to match it. Will be good when it's ready. 70% destemmed, then vinified plot-by-plot. The Syrah is aged in recent-use (but not new) barriques, the Mourvèdre in old barriques and the Grenache in larger barrels (mostly old) and concrete. Then the wine spends six months in concrete tanks after blending.
Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
Assembled from 14 different plots (each vinified and aged separately for the first year), the 2019 Gigondas boasts lovely aromas of garrigue, spice, orange zest, licorice, black cherries and raspberries. This vintage is about 60% Grenache (aged in foudres and demi-muids), with a balance of mainly Syrah and Mourvedre (both aged in smaller barrels). It's full-bodied, rich and velvety, with a long, softly dusty finish. It lacks the easy approachability of the 2018 but is more concentrated and should age particularly well.
Jeb Dunnuck
Leading off the wines from bottle, the 2019 Gigondas Réserve is a beautiful wine that readers should snatch up. A blend of 60% Grenache, 30% Syrah, and the balance Mourvèdre and Cinsault that was 70% destemmed, it has a wonderful array of blackberries, black raspberries, Provençal garrigue, and violets. Loaded with sweet fruit, deep, rich, and opulent, it has sweet tannins and no hard edges. Drink it any time over the coming 10-12 years.
Wine Spectator
This delivers a succulently delicious wave of crushed raspberry and boysenberry fruit flavors, laced with a lively anise streak and flecked with subtle spice and savory details through the finish. There's a nice underlying energy throughout as well. Grenache, Syrah, Mourvèdre and Cinsault. Drink now through 2031. 2,500 cases made, 350 cases imported.
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