Gigondas
POWERFUL & COMPLEX
A powerful, complex and elegant wine, where the aroma is filled with dark berries such as black currants and dark cherries, while the taste offers slightly lighter berries with a touch of vanilla and tasty notes of thyme, laurel and dark olives. It is a wine with a nice structure in perfect balance between complexity, power and elegance, and with tannins that fill the mouth together with strong licorice and pepper in the long aftertaste.
KRAFTIG & KOMPLEKS
En kraftig, kompleks og elegant vin, hvor duften er fyldt medmørke bær som solbær og mørke kirsebær, menssmagen byder pålidt lysere bær med et strejf af vanilje og velsmagende noter af timian, laurbær og mørke oliven. Det er envin med en flot struktur i perfekt balance mellem kompleksitet, kraft og elegance, og med tanniner der fylder munden sammen med stærk lakrids og peber i den lange eftersmag.
FACTS
Country: France
Region: Rhône
Winery: Pierre Amadieu
Year: 2020
Type: Red
Grapes: Grenache, Mourvèdre & Syrah
Alcohol: 15%
Aging: Oak barrels
Closure: Cork
Winemaking: Traditional
ABOUT THE WINERY
PIERRE AMADIEU
Pierre Amadieu is the big name in Gigondas, which since 1929 and for three generations has built the largest domain in Gigondas with 137 hectares. Over the years, the house has also started to make wine from other Rhône districts such as Vacqueyras, Vinsobres and Châteauneuf du Pape and Côtes du Rhône. Today, the house is run by the third generation, Pierre, whose goal is to create classic wines.
Pierre Amadieu er det store navn i Gigondas, som siden 1929 og i tre generationer har opbygget det største domæne i Gigondas med 137 hektar. Med årene er huset også begyndt at lave vin fra andre Rhône distrikter som Vacqueyras, Vinsobres og Châteauneuf du Pape og Côtes du Rhône. I dag ledes huset af 3. generation, Pierre, hvis mål er at skabe klassiske vine.
Grenache
Grenache is an unlikely hero of a grape. Until recently reviled or at best ignored in much of the world, it is the grape chiefly responsible for two of the world's more celebrated reds, Châteauneuf-du-Pape and, a more recent star, Priorat.
Syrah
It is a caste originating in France but it’s produced in all over the world. It is cultivated from France to Australia (where it is the main grape), United States (Washington State and California), besides Italy (cultivated in small scale all over the country to produce some good blends), Spain (used in projects in Rioja for example), Portugal, Morocco, Tunisia, Lebanon, Uruguay, Brazil (restricted to some producers and in the northeast) In Portugal it found is home in the region of Alentejo and is the most successful foreign grape in terms of climatic adaptation. The wines have an intense colour. The aromas are complex with very rich tannins. The most present flavours are blueberry, plum, chocolate, tobacco and black pepper but have some differences depending on the region in which they are produced, more fruity in the warmer regions or with more spicy flavours to plum, olive and green pepper in cooler climes.
Mourvèdre
Although nowadays it travels most commonly under its French name Mourvèdre, the vine’s origins are almost certainly Spanish, probably in the Levante, where today the great majority of all the plantings in the world are concentrated. (It may take its French name from the Spanish city of Murviedro.) It needs a hot, dry climate for it is very late ripening and susceptible to both mildews and low winter temperatures so in France it can thrive only in the country’s warmest corners. It was Provence’s most planted vine before phylloxera decimated France’s vineyards and it was then largely replaced by varieties that were easier to graft on to the available rootstocks.
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