2007 Gigondas “Les Racines” HALF-BOTTLE
Domaine Les Pallières
This 2007 marks the first year Pallières separated its fruit into two cuvées, isolating very distinct terroirs in this beautiful corner of the southern Rhône. Les Racines features the domaine’s oldest vines in sloping clay soils, and always delivers rich cherry fruit, notes of violets and lavender, and more elegant tannins than the punchier “Terrasse” bottling. Deep and expansive on the palate, it demands flavorsome roasts, stews, or a pristine cut of dry-aged beef over coals.
**Extremely limited quantities, limit six bottles per order**
—Anthony Lynch
| Wine Type: | red |
| Vintage: | 2007 |
| Bottle Size: | 375mL |
| Blend: | 80% Grenache, 15% Syrah & Cinsault, 5% Clairette |
| Appellation: | Gigondas |
| Country: | France |
| Region: | Southern Rhône |
| Producer: | Les Pallières |
| Winemaker: | Kermit Lynch, Frédéric & Daniel Brunier |
| Vineyard: | 65 years average |
| Soil: | Red sandy clay, limestone scree |
| Aging: | Ages in cuves for 10 months, then in foudres for 7-9 months |
| Farming: | Lutte Raisonnée |
| Alcohol: | 14.5% |
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Kermit once said...
Kermit once said...
Living wines have ups and downs just as people do, periods of glory and dog days, too. If wine did not remind me of real life, I would not care about it so much.