Gaillard, Cote Rotie Size:6x750ml black cherries and crushed blackcurrants

black cherries and crushed blackcurrants notes plus hints of Sichuan pepper

This is fresh and racy

23 ha parcel of 45+ year old vines)

A wine of pure and total pleasure

The supple middle weight flavors retain a fine sense of verve and precision that is also present on the impressively intense backend where the abundant dry extract does an excellent job of buffering the firm tannic spine as well as imparting a seductive texture

Gaillard, Cote Rotie Size:6x750ml black cherries and crushed blackcurrantsBought en primeur from The Wine Society. Discreet nose, somewhat coy in a closed phase? There's faint black pepper and restrained black cherry. The palate is a bit meatier, with very soft tannins and moderate but refreshing acidity. Length is okay, although it isn't as expressive as the appellation should be, arguably. A church mouse style, and less memorable than when I tasted it en primeur. A few days later, however, the rest of the bottle was