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2014 Gigondas

Domaine du Durban
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Some of you KLWM old-timers may recall the Gigondas from Château du Trignon, whose former proprietor employed some whole-cluster fermentation to give the wines a blanket of supple, perfumed, fresh berry fruit to envelop a deeper foundation of firm, stony tannins. Henri Leydier of Domaine de Durban has applied a similar approach, with great success: this big, bad red is already rearing to go notwithstanding its tightly coiled inner core. Given that certain Gigondas these days run in the triple digits, consider this a bargain trip to the southern Rhône’s bounty of wild blackberries, lavender, and resinous garrigue. Those old Trignons have aged beautifully, by the way. –Anthony Lynch

Technical Information
Wine Type: red
Vintage: 2014
Bottle Size: 750mL
Blend: 70% Grenache, 30% Syrah
Appellation: Gigondas
Country: France
Region: Southern Rhône
Producer: Domaine du Durban
Winemaker: The Leydier Family
Vineyard: 37 years, 6 ha
Soil: Clay, Limestone
Aging: Wine ages in large oak barrels
Farming: Lutte Raisonnée
Alcohol: 14.5%

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Kermit inspecting wine barrels

For the wines that I buy I insist that the winemaker leave them whole, intact. I go into the cellars now and select specific barrels or cuvées, and I request that they be bottled without stripping them with filters or other devices. This means that many of our wines will arrive with a smudge of sediment and will throw a more important deposit as time goes by, It also means the wine will taste better.