Domaine la Bouïssiere - Gigondas ‘La Font de Tonin’ 2020 (750ml)
Price: $74.99
| Producer | Domaine la Bouïssiere |
| Country | France |
| Region | Rhône Valley |
| Varietal | Grenache, Mourvèdre |
| Vintage | 2020 |
| Sku | 201081 |
| Size | 750ml |
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Domaine la Bouïssiere Description
Domaine la Bouïssiere cares for some of the highest vineyards in Gigondas, thus estate wines are markedly more balanced, elegant and age-worthy than wines from the lowlands. In the 1960s, estate founder Antonin Faravel began to carve his vineyards out of the crumbling stone cliffs of the Dentelles de Montmirail (pictured on the family’s wine labels). He knew that the cooler temperatures and rocky soils would produce perfectly ripe grapes, with better acidic balance and lower alcohol, too. While other winemakers quickly followed Antonin’s lead, Domaine la Bouïssiere without question is the original, high-altitude Gigondas
‘La Font de Tonin’ is a special selection of older vines sitting between 900 and 1,500 feet in altitude.
Tasting Note: Aromas of black fruits, pink and white peppers; flavors of blackberries and blue plums. Unctuous texture, silky tannins.
Wine Pairing: Grilled steak, spicy pork sausages, North Africaninspired cuisine, such as spiced lamb tagine
Vinous: 95 Points
Deep, glistening violet. Powerfully scented, expansive red/blue fruit preserves, potpourri, exotic spice and incense aromas show outstanding clarity and mineral lift. Sweet and focused on the palate, highlighting deeply concentrated, lively spice-accented boysenberry, cherry liqueur and floral pastille flavors. The floral and spice notes carry emphatically through the youthfully tannic finish, which gives superb energy and lift. Made with 100% whole clusters and raised in large oak barrels, roughly 20% of them new.
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