Freddy R. Troya

9.0

A powerful wine driven by Grenache grapes at a high elevation viticulture (over 1,200ft) by the Northwest exposure of Gigondas AOC a true name to its bottom label tag (Terror d’Exception) The Varietal composition; 90% Grenache noir, 10% Syrah.

This vigneron still does a manual selection of the ripest bunches followed by intense wine-making methods (fermenting during 1 month, while the grape skins are regularly soaked by the fermenting juice). Aging in French Oak for +24 months and the wine is cellared for 1 year in the bottle before its release.

V.2021 in this region was challenging enough, and this wine packs a high ABV at 15%, it bursts with fragrant licorice, blackberry and raspberry jam on the nose. The palate gets hit with chewing tannins, need to breath for 1 hours min as it has solid flavor concentration, very peppery, minty and quite complex. Definitely pivots more into a full-bodied, yet juicy style with a plausible and lingering finish.

A perfect companion for powerful dishes as beef stew, aged cheeses and cured hams. Cheers! — 6 days ago

Daniel M

8.9

A bit of heat, cherry, garrigue, black olive, blackberry too. The palate is strong with acid and powerful. Good tannins and juice, rather thin matter. Very long finish with fruit. Cool, unusual rasteau

@Delectable Wine this is a rasteau not cdr. — 6 years ago

Jug

9.1

Délicieux, fort mais ne sent pas l’alcool ! — 7 years ago

Mads Møller

9.0

Smooth and quintessentially Rhône. Went with a delayed Easter lamb, asparagus, avocado based salad and potatoes with butter. 22/4-2025 — 8 days ago

John DeCarlis

9.0

Exceptional wine. — 5 years ago

Chris

9.3

The 2015 was a 10 — 7 years ago

Julia Rosenthal

9.0

A very fun find! Drinks like a light bodied port. — 4 years ago

Lowell Su

9.2

Black currant flavors with a dry finish. — 4 years ago

Brendan Mathews

9.0

2015 was a great CDR, full of spice. Good bang for the buck — 7 years ago

Morgan Reese

9.4

@Rebecca Reese — 8 years ago