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Gigondas Hommage à Gabriel Meffre 2016

AOP Gigondas Red

Awards

98 pts Jeb Dunnuck
93 pts Wine Advocate
93 pts Wine Enthusiast
95 pts Vinous
***** John Livingstone Learmonth
15/20 Bettane & Desseauve

Tasting

“The 2016 Gigondas Hommage À Gabriel Meffre is sensational stuff and one of the gems in this great, great vintage. Gorgeous black raspberries, cassis, crushed flowers, and pepper all flow to a full-bodied, powerful, yet incredibly seamless and sexy Gigondas that has ultra-fine tannin, no hard edges, and a blockbuster finish. It’s a big, rich wine, yet the buzzwords are elegance and purity.” Jeb Dunnuck – 26th September 2018

Food & wine pairings

Roasted pork with thyme
Rib of beef in salt crust
Autumn vegetable pie

Detailed information

Vintage

After a particularly mild and dry winter, the spring without frost or hail, helped the basements to make good water reserves before the arrival of the sun, which was very hot that summer. These conditions allowed optimum fruit growth. The rain fell in late August and was miraculous just before the harvest. This water supply resulted in a perfectly balanced maturity. So, this year again, the 2016 vintage is very qualitative particularly for southern appellations.

Grape varieties

98% Grenache, 2% Syrah

Terroir

‘Hommage à Gabriel Meffre’ is produced as a tribute to our founder, a great visionary and emblematic figure of Gigondas and the French winemaking world. Only produced in vintages in which the grapes achieve exceptional balance and concentration, the selected parcels of 60 to 100-year-old Grenache vines are located in the area of “Petit Montmirail” (alt. 200m), on sandy marl of the Oligocène period. This Grenache/Terroir combination is unique within the Gigondas appellation.