2015 Perrin & Fils Gigondas l'Argnee Vieilles Vignes
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Glistening violet color. Displays highly perfumed red/blue fruit liqueur, exotic spice and floral oil qualities on the expressive nose. Alluring sweet and broad on the palate, offering sweet Chambord, blueberry and spicecake flavors that are sharpened by a building mineral flourish. Shows sharp definition and spicy cut on a long, penetrating finish that leaves sweet floral pastille and red berry preserve notes behind.
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Coming from very old vines planted in the sandy part of the appellation (Gigondas is mostly limestone soils), the 2015 Gigondas L'Argnée Vieilles Vignes was brought up in a mix of tanks and foudre, and there are just 100 cases made. This deep ruby colored 2015 has tons of minerality as well as sensational notes of black raspberries, savory spice, dried herbs, and graphite. Rich, full-bodied and tannic, it needs to be forgotten for 4-5 years and is going to shine over the following decade or more. The Perrin family continues to knock it out of the park and have produced some of the wines of the vintage in 2015. In addition, I’ve included the Famille Perrin Gigondas releases here as well.
The 2015 Gigondas L'Argnee is 100% Grenache, drawn from a prephylloxera parcel of 130-year-old vines on deep sand. It captures the light, floral essence that Grenache is capable of under these conditions, adding delicate berry fruit and finishing with amazing elegance and length. It is the Chambolle of Gigondas.
Bright violet. Ripe raspberry, boysenberry and Asian spices on the highly fragrant nose. In a supple, fleshy style, offering juicy, impressively concentrated red and blue fruit and spicecake flavors that turn more energetic on the back half. Smooth and seamless on the impressively tenacious and gently tannic finish, which leaves behind a sappy red berry liqueur note.