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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.