Peter van den Besselaar

9.1

Vintage 2023 | beautiful wine with cherries and juiciness — 4 months ago

Matthew Cohen

9.1

Nose: closed.

Palate: very nice. Good grip.

31 grapevine — 5 months ago

Damian

9.0

Fruity flavors, tastes like premium Cotes du Rhone, enjoyable on its own — 6 months ago

Moritz

9.0

Toller Chateau-neuf du Pape. Degu SHL — a year ago

Robert Krupp

9.3

Maybe it’s the perfectly grilled ribeye talking but sappy, sanguine and delicious — 2 years ago

Brada

9.1

Blueberry taste, very rich and dark. Would try again. — 3 years ago

R H

9.3

Really delicious for just sipping, with cheese, and with pizza — 3 years ago

Phil Kessling

9.1

Excellent — 5 months ago

Matthew Cohen

9.0

Lovely Grenache nose

Palate: sweet fruit. Well made. — 5 months ago

K

9.3

Red berries, light-bodied, medium tannin.
Elegant Loire red — 6 months ago

Lucy King

9.4

Had first night in Paris, 4/25/2025 and it was delicious — 6 months ago

Jay Kline

9.4

Popped and poured; enjoyed over the course of dinner which lasted a couple do hours. The 2015 pours a deep ruby/purple color with a near opaque core; medium+ viscosity with moderate staining of the tears. On the nose, the wine is developing with notes of powerful ripe red and dark fruit: black brambles, dark cherries, black pepper, boozy Christmas fruitcake, licorice, garrigue, leather and rocky earth. On the palate, the wine is dry with sneaky medium+ tanning that build with air. The acid is there too although I wouldn’t call it the main character. It does, however, play a strong supporting roll. Definitely a wine of texture. It has been a handful of years since my last bottle of the 2015 and it’s evolving very nicely! Secondary flavors are starting to show and everything remains balanced. Extended air did get it to freshen up a bit so I’d say this still has a long life ahead. Drink now with a healthy decant and through 2035. — 9 months ago

Michael Phillips

9.6

Big rich wonderful wine that tastes like a very good Chateauneuf — 3 years ago

Jeff Singer

8.9

Great value — 4 years ago

Matt Perlman

9.3

@Ellen Clifford said it all 9 years ago and this is still going strong! Spicy, soulful, warming on an unseasonably cool spring night — 5 months ago

Shay A

9.3

One of my bottles from my annual WWC hosting. Part of a Grenache flight (including ‘19 Rotie Cellars “Big G”, ‘19 Saint-Damien Souteyrades Gigondas, ‘18 Andremily Grenache).

80% Grenache/ 20% Mourvèdre

I’m a fan of this Gigondas producer and think the wines exhibit an excellent value. After the first two Grenache wines, we take a dark (profile) turn here. Classical garrigue, dark potpurri, and spiced blackberries aromatically, with some leather and tobacco as well. Dark black fruits dominate the palate surrounded by bitter dark chocolate, black pepper, hint of charcoal and mineral. Concentrated but not sweet. In a delicious window now but benefitted from the air it got…no rush. — 6 months ago

Eric Crane

Sommelier & Educator Empire Wine Distributors

9.0

Pretty delicious cherry soaked beef jerky. — 6 months ago

Mark Mannebach

9.4

2014 vintage holding up extremely well. Smooth balanced from front to finish of red fruit and spice. — 8 months ago

Matt Konopka

8.9

Miss you Larry — 2 years ago

with Andrew

Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

9.3

2019 vintage. Poppin’ black pepper notes + more bod than a vast majority of Gigondas efforts. — 3 years ago