Guigal Crozes-Hermitage 2004
Marcel Guigal is one of the superstars in the world of wine with his famous single-vineyard and estate Côte-Rôties. Apart from those exquisite but expensive wines Guigel offers his négociants line. It consists of a wide range of wines from various Northern and Southern Rhône appellations at a more affordable price. After the highly concentrated brooding reds from 2003 I was looking forward to try the wines from the more classic 2004 vintage. The cooler conditions show through in this Crozes-Hermitage. The wine is well structured and balanced but hasn’t got the same concentration as the 03′s. This makes it actually a more subtle and easier drinking wine with a nearly silky texture on the front- and mid-palate and fine drying tannins at the finish. It is a good introduction in what this variety can do outside Australia. 88 points.
Source: Negociants Australia Price: $42 Drink: Now-2011
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June 14, 2007 at 2:15 am
[...] as my most memorable drink of the evening, a Guigal. But not a La La. It turned out to be a lowly Crozes Hermitage (from the appellation just to the south of Côte Rôtie, also made of syrah), but I was attracted [...]