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Domaine de Boissan Gigondas Vieilles Vignes 2008
Domaine de Boissan Gigondas Vieilles Vignes 2008
Bottle Price: £14.75
Case Price: £168.2
- Country: France
- Region: Rhone-Alpes
- Grape Variety: Grenache, Syrah
- Alcohol: 14%
- Bottle Size: 75cl
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Old Vines Grenache produce an intense, complex flavor of spice, thyme, chocolate and plums. Medium bodied and very forward drinking. 80% Grenache and 20% Syrah giving a note of prunes and lavender.
Domaine de Boissan - Gigondas
Gigondas, Southern Rhône
Christian Bonfils domaine and family home is actually located in the sleepy little village of Sablet – not a village that is over endowed with life. A typical French bar with the necessary dog and full of Galois-smoking locals playing an incomprehensible game of cards is all that passes for entertainment. However the domaine has vineyard holdings that date back to 1898 throughout the areas of Sablet, Gigondas and Vacqueyras. It has extended its winemaking and aging cellars throughout this time, with the addition of a barrel cellar in 1997.
As with the majority of wine- making within the Southern Rhone, the main grape used here is the Grenache, interlinked with Syrah and Mourvèdre, resulting in wines that are bursting with vitality and depth of fruit-ripe plum, chocolate and spice with hints of black pepper and thyme.
The Southern Rhône wines, my first introduction into drinking wine, will always hold a special place in my heart with the warmth, depth of flavours and generosity that they offer.
An area of world famous vineyards which starts south of Lyon at Ampuis and runs down to the Côtes de Provence. Grape types include Grenache, Syrah, Mourvédre, Cinsault, Marsanne and Roussanne and these produce wines of immense pedigree and quality, including the dark purple Côte Rotie wines and the fruity Viognier.
Gigondas is a French wine Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée (AOC) in the southern Rhône wine region of France. It is solely a Red wine region with a small amount of rosé wine produced. Being a little brother of Châteauneuf-du-Pape, the wine is moderately prestigious and can yield beautiful results when treated with care
The southern Rhône sub-region has a more Mediterranean climate with milder winters and hot summers. Drought can be a problem in the area, but limited irrigation is permitted. The differing terroirs, together with the rugged landscape which partly protects the valleys from the Mistral, produce microclimates which give rise to a wide diversity of wines. A feature of the cultivation of the region is the use of large pebbles around the bases of the vines to absorb the heat of the sun during the day to keep the vines warm at night when, due to the cloudless skies, there is often a significant drop in temperature.