2019 Big Basin GSM Gabilan Mountains
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Sourced from the Coastview and Rodnick Farm Vineyards, the 2019 GSM Gabilan Mountains is pure and leathery against a backdrop of dried herbs and spice aromas. Seductively plush and velvety yet deceptively elegant in its richness, the finish here ratchets up the intensity found throughout the rest of the Big Basin lineup, making for one of the more complete and multifaceted wines in the range. Although quite delicious now, this will surely reward time in the cellar.
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Antonio Galloni, Vinous
Matthew Luczy, Wine Advocate
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The 2019 GSM Gabilan Mountains is a dense, powerful wine. Readers will have to cellar this for a year or two to allow the full breadth of its aromatics to emerge. Rose petals, sweet red berry fruit, blood orange and spice start to reveal themselves with some aeration. The 2019 was done with 100% stems and aged in a combination of concrete and neutral oak. In a word: fabulous.