Gigondas Trois Yeux Rouge - Domaine de Logue Toque

Domaine de Longue Toque
Gigondas Lieu-dit Les Trois Yeux 2018

AOP Gigondas Red

Awards

94 pts Wine Enthusiast
93 pts Jeb Dunnuck

Tasting

“It reveals a translucent ruby/purple color, it has a beautiful perfume of spiced strawberries, framboise, Provençal garrigue, and peppery spice. These all carry to a medium-bodied Gigondas that has a wonderful sense of elegance and a great finish.” Jeb Dunnuck, october 2020

Food & wine pairings

Rack of lamb with candied eggplants
Deer tenderloin with porcini mushrooms

Detailed information

Vintage

2018 was atypical in many ways. This vintage required a constant presence from the vineyards to the cellar. After a mild Winter, the wet and rainy Spring gave way to a beautiful Summer, favouring a very healthy development of the vines. September then ushered in an Indian Summer that proved to be more than ideal for the harvest, with cool nights an warm, sunny days. The harvest lasted for a total of 8 weeks, under ideal climatic conditions. The result is a generous and elegant vintage with a particularly aromatic profile and a superb balance.

Grape varieties

95% Grenache, 5% Syrah

Terroir

The grapes come from a mass selection and are grown the emblematic terroir called “les Trois Yeux” located at 450 meters of altitude in the heart of the Dentelles de Montmirail mountains. The soil is composed of recent limestone scree (Quaternary), slightly altered, covering marls with clayey limestone layers of the Valanginian (Cretaceous). The altitude, the north-west orientation of the plots, the particular structure of the soil (draining surface and basement allowing a good storage of the water and its restitution to the plant) and the wooded environment deliver a “northern” expression of the appellation with lot of freshness, elegance and finesse.

Winemaking

Harvest took place between 25 September and 3rd October 2018 followed by manual sorting and full destemming.Pumping-over during the fermentation phase and infusion, punching down and maceration for 25 days. Settling of free-run and press wines, malolactic fermentation and reincorporation of press wine after tasting. Aged for 16 months in one-year ½ muids (600lt) barrel.

Bottled on April, 22,2020. 1 665 bottles produced.

Vegan Friendly

Service

Serve between 13 and 15°C. Open a few hours before tasting.

Tasting Optimum: 2023 – 2038.

Degree of alcohol

15,5% 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 6 appellations over 43 hectares: Gigondas, Vacqueyras, Cairanne, Rasteau, 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.