Moulin Gardette, Gigondas Ventabren Vintage:2017

Moulin Gardette, Gigondas Ventabren Vintage:2017I loved the 2017 Gigondas Ventabren and savvy readers should snatch this beauty up! Loads of Asian spices, herbes de Provence, new saddle leather, and sweet red and black fruit all flow to a medium to full bodied, balanced, straight up gorgeous 2017 that does everything right. Tasting like the essence of the south of France, its already drinking beautifully but will keep for over a decade. The blend is 70% Grenache, 20% Syrah, and 10% Cinsault that

The 2010 Sociando Mallet has a well defined

and the couple took over running the estate

mouth coating

Against a background in vintage 2009 of wines that fermented rapidly for most growers

There is a touch of herbal tea character on the pretty and fresh red berry fruit and gentle earth nuanced nose

A much more deeply pitched nose of dark berry fruit

(89-91)/2022+

The finish

Savory at the end

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Tasted in November 2022

sage and thyme accent blackberry and black cherry fruit in the 2018 The Schubert Theorem Shiraz