Domaine des Bosquets - Gigondas La Colline 2020 (750ml)
Price: $89.00
| Producer | Domaine des Bosquets |
| Country | France |
| Region | Rhone |
| Varietal | Proprietary Red |
| Vintage | 2020 |
| Sku | 30633 |
| Size | 750ml |
2023 Jeb Dunnuck TOP 100 #12
Jeb Dunnuck: 97 Points
The 2020 Gigondas La Colline ratchets up the intensity and is just about as good as it gets. Mulled cherries, Provençal garrigue, licorice, scorched earth, and spice flow to a full-bodied, beautifully textured, expansive Gigondas with awesome tannins and perfect balance. This powerful, concentrated, magical Gigondas can be enjoyed any time over the coming 15–20 years. As always, this cuvée is all Grenache from limestone soils at an elevation of 350 meters that was 70% destemmed and vinified in concrete tanks. Malolactic fermentation occurred in barrel, and the élevage is in 2- to 4-year-old demi-muids
Vinous: 97 Points
Lurid ruby. Hugely perfumed mineral- and spice-accented red berry liqueur cherry-cola incense and garrigue qualities on the sharply delineated nose. It offers vibrant palate-staining cherry preserve Chambord boysenberry floral pastille and Moroccan spice flavors that show uncanny energy for their depth. The spice and floral notes dominate a strikingly long sappy finish framed by silky finely polished tannins.
Wine Spectator: 94 Points
Despite its density, this is friendly and approachable now, with sappy plum, crushed cherry and balsamic-steeped plum flavors that are round and rich on the palate, underscored by sweet spice, incense and tea. Reveals warm earth and crushed rock notes that provide a savory counterpoint, with salty mineral elements coursing through the lengthy finish. Delicious. Drink now through 2035.
