Pallieres, Gigondas Racines Vintage:2016

Pallieres, Gigondas Racines Vintage:2016Full bottle 1,390 g. From the estate's oldest vines (60 to 100 years old). 80% Grenache, 8% Syrah, 7% Cinsault, 5% Clairette. Kermit Lynch and Brunier family run this. Slightly dull, shaded garnet almost ruby suggests this was neither filtered nor fined. Really grunty, sweet southern Rhne with herbs and spices and even a bit of leather. Lots of fun! Hints of molasses and dried grasses. Really artisanal and a liquid to transport you to red wine

iron and mocha

Here too there is enough reduction present to require plenty of aeration

energetic and refined barely middle weight flavors exude a subtle minerality on the lingering and balanced finish

mineral and slate character

Here the wood is a bit more modulated though still easily visible on the otherwise fresh

I asked him about how things started and he confessed that they were going to plant a new vineyard

lime and slate aromas

(from a vine density of 30

Kirsch liqueur

vibrant acidity and a long

a wine that should be reasonably approachable in its youth

There is both good verve and detail to the subtly mineral-inflected middle weight flavors that terminate in a clean