Gigondas Sainte-Catherine Rouge - Gabriel Meffre

Gabriel Meffre
Gigondas Sainte Catherine 2017

AOP Gigondas Red

Awards

90-93 pts Jeb Dunnuck
91-93 pts Wine Advocate
15,5/20 Jancis Robinson
***(*) John Livingstone Learmonth
91-92 pts Vinous

Tasting

“The 2017 Gigondas Sainte-Catherine is a different beast and is more pretty, fresh, and Burgundian, with complex notes of strawberries, violets, sappy garrigue, and pepper. It’s complex, medium-bodied, has ultra-fine tannins, and a great finish.” Jeb Dunnuck, September 2019

Food & wine pairings

This Gigondas marries beautifully with roast pigeon with raisins and a tart garnished with porcini and wild mushrooms mousse.

Detailed information

Vintage

The 2017 is a promissing vintage. Wines are particularly elegant and harmonious, with superb, concentrated aromas and a solid ageing potential. The weather conditions during the growing season were difficult and extreme, resulting in a challenging task at harvest time. The high temperatures and almost total lack of rainfall since Springtime brought the harvest date forward by almost 10 days in many regions. Although these extreme conditions impacted heavily on the size of the harvest, with one of the smallest in the last 60 years, the quality is exceptional.

Grape varieties

Grenache noir, Syrah

Terroir

The vineyards are situated on marl limestone deposits of the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods, with a mix of sand and clay of the Tertiary era.

Winemaking

Manual harvest. Fermentation lasts several weeks: 4 weeks for Syrah grapes and 3 weeks for Grenache grapes at controlled temperatures (28/30°C). Part of the cuvée is aged in barrels and in tanks for 12 months.

What is notable for the 2017 vintage: given the very high temperatures during the harvest period, the challenge was to preserve all the aromatic potential and freshness of the grapes. Therefore we harvested very early in the morning and were able to use cooling facilities in the cellar if the temperature of the grapes exceeded 20°C when arriving in the winery.

Vegan Friendly.

Service

Given its richness, it is highly recommended to serve at a cool temperature (13° to 15°C). Enjoy it now for its youthfull livelyness or over the next 6 to 10 years.

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Gabriel Meffre

Delicious and savoury from day one: this is the commitment of our Gabriel Meffre "signature" wines. For each appellation, and in keeping with the characteristics of the vintage, our know-how is recognisable through our experienced blending of "terroirs" and grape varieties and through our careful maturing, favouring purity of fruit and silkyness of texture. Already enjoyable in their first year after bottling, the Crus also have good aging potential.