Les Pallieres, Gigondas, Racines 2012
Standard - 75cl
Stock location: United Kingdom
In Stock
- Vintage2012
- ColourRed
- ProducerLes Pallieres
- CountryFrance
- RegionRhone
- Sub RegionGigondas
- DesignationAOP
- Bottle SizeStandard - 75cl
- ABV14
- LWIN11150042012
- Avg. Critic Score4★★★★★★★★★★
Wine Critic Reviews
Full ruby. A highly perfumed bouquet evokes ripe red and dark berries, potpourri and minerals, with a hint of star anise in the background. Stains the palate with intense black raspberry and floral pastille flavors that deepen and become sweeter with air. Fine-grained tannins build on the strikingly long, focused finish, which leaves notes of cherry compote and licorice behind.
- Drinking Window: 2019 - 2024
- Reviewer Name: Josh Raynolds
- Review Date: May 2015
In the same ballpark quality-wise (as the les Terraces de Diable), the 2012 Gigondas les Racines has a darker slant to its fruit and gives up plenty of currants, licorice, bouquet garni and chocolate, as well as serious minerality. Medium to full-bodied, elegant and seamless, I actually like the mid-palate on the Terraces de Diable more, but the tannin quality here is more polished and sweeter. Give this another 2-3 years in the cellar and drink it through 2024.
- Drinking Window: 2016 - 2024
- Reviewer Name: Jeb Dunnuck
- Review Date: October 2014