Domaine de Longue Toque
Gigondas 2012

AOP Gigondas Red

Awards

91 pts Wine Advocate
91 pts Vinous
14/20 Bettane & Desseauve
OR Guide Hachette

Tasting

Intense red, exhuberant nose of vanilla, spice and red fruit. Complex, ample and rich on the palate with a distinct character provided by the Montmirail terroir. The finish is long and mineral.

Food & wine pairings

Roast Quail with grapes
Roast Venison with apples
Porcini Risotto

Detailed information

Vintage

A dry and cold Winter with many days of Mistral wind which left the vines healthy and diseasefree. Followed a very wet Spring which pushed back the flowering by 2 weeks. The summer months were hot allowing for an excellent concentration of the grapes. Harvest started the 22nd September for the Syrahs and the 8th October for the Grenaches.

Grape varieties

50% Grenache, 50% Syrah

Terroir

A blend of 2 terroirs :
– Syrah from « La Jasse » (17%), limestone scree and marl from the Cretaceous period at 400m
(1300ft) altitude in the Dentelles
– Grenache (50%) and Syrah (33%) from the “Montmirail” zone, in sandy marl of the Oligocene
period, at 150m (500ft) in alt.

Winemaking

Manual harvesting. Crushed and destemmed. A 24-day maceration period with punch-downs and pump-overs up to 3 times a day and temperatures maintained around 28° to 30°C (82°
to 86°F). Runoff and separation of the free-flow and press wines. Malolatic fermentation. Reintroduction of a portion of the press wine during the blending process. 18 months elevage : the Grenache in vat and the Syrah in barrel (new, one-year and two-year barrels).

Bottled at the Domaine on May 21st, 2014.
Prodution : 9.990 bottles

Service

Best served at 14°-16°C. Ideally open 2 to 3 hours prior to serving.

Optimum maturity : 2014-2022

Degree of alcohol

14% 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.