Gigondas Hommage à Gabriel Meffre - Domaine de Logue Toque

Domaine de Longue Toque
Gigondas Hommage à Gabriel Meffre 2017

AOP Gigondas Red

Awards

95 pts Jeb Dunnuck
****(*) John Livingstone Learmonth
93-94 pts Vinous
93 pts Wine Enthusiast
91 pts Wine Advocate

Tasting

“The flagship cuvée is the 2017 Gigondas Hommage À Gabriel Meffre, which is just about all Grenache (there’s a splash of Syrah) that spent 18 months in demi-muids. The 2017 doesn’t match the 2016, yet it’s nevertheless a brilliant, sexy wine I’d be thrilled to drink. Notes of cassis, black raspberries, ground pepper, wild strawberries, and complex floral notes all flow to a medium to full-bodied Gigondas that has flawless balance, ultra-fine tannins, and a great, great finish. It’s a rich, powerful wine, yet it never loses its sense of elegance and purity. Don’t miss a chance to try this wine. It’s going to keep for over a decade.” Jeb Dunnuck – 26 septembre 2019

Food & wine pairings

Roasted lamb baron with rosemary

Medallion of veal with morels sauce

Detailed information

Vintage

This vintage took place in weather conditions marked by high temperatures and a lack of rainfall. The harvest was particularly early. If the volumes were low, the quality is present with a vintage of very nice outfit. The berries, healthy, smaller, were concentrated with good balance and very pleasant aromas.

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.nesse.

Winemaking

75% of the harvest was vini ed with whole bunches. Aged in 1/2 muids barrels (600l), during 18 months.

Manual harvest on September 21st, 2017.

Bottled on April 24th, 2019: 2 959 bottles, 563 magnums and 6 jéroboams produced.

Alc. by Vol.: 15%

Vegan Friendly.

Service

Serve at 14-16°C and open a few hours before drinking.

Optimum maturity: 2019 through 2031.

Degree of alcohol

15% vol.

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Domaine de Longue Toque

Nestled in the foothills of the Dentelles de Montmirail since 1918, the Domaine de Longue Toque is one of the prestigious estates of Maison Gabriel Meffre since 1999. It takes its name from the long groves – ‘touque’ in Provençal – which delimited the parcelles by protecting them from the wind. The vineyards are located on a mosaic of terroirs that draw their original character from different geological layers, altitudes and exposures. The vineyard produces 5 appellations over 47 hectares: Gigondas, Vacqueyras, Cairanne, Côtes du Rhône Villages Plan de Dieu and Côtes du Rhône red and white. After 20 years in Terra Vitis (sustainable viticulture), 2020 marks the first year of certification for organic farming at the Domaine. A continuity in our desire to work the land and the wine with respect for nature and people. 2023 is to be the first harvest of the white Gigondas.