Dom. Gauby Rouge, Vieilles Vignes
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Dom. Gauby Rouge, Vieilles Vignes - 2019

Item # 20545 750 mL

There is perhaps no one in France more respected, indeed revered, than winemaker Gérard Gauby. This old vines red blend is dense in fruit and tannins but as of more recent vintages has taken on a good deal of finesse. Always a wine that can be aged.

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Color
Red
Vintage
2019
Country
France
Region
Languedoc-Roussillon
Sub-Region
Côtes du Roussillon-Villages
Producer
Dom. Gauby
Grape Variety
Grenache
Carignan
Mourvèdre
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Wine made from grapes grown organically using natural composting techniques and special preparations of herbal sprays while following the astronomical calendar.

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Staff Pick Notes

When Gérard Gauby took over his family's property in 1985, he decided to stop selling grapes in bulk and focused his energy on growing and bottling estate wines. Fast forward four decades and Gérard along with his son, Lionel, continue to prioritize manual labor (they still plough using a team of mules), and have become a true reference for refined wines in a part of France where most of what we see are powerful and rustic wines. A defining feature in Gauby’s wines are the predominantly chalky soils of their terroir. To me, it lends a surprisingly fresh acidity and detail without losing concentration. This wine shows its medium bodied frame with a decidedly Mediterranean mix of herbs and tangy fruit that leans toward dark plums and wild dark berries. The perfect intro to one of France's highly regarded wine artisans.

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Glossary

Grenache

The Grenache grape (a.k.a. Grenache Noir) produces relatively pale, fruity red wines that often stop just short of sweetness. Grenache is familiar to most wine drinkers as an ingredient in the blends of the Rhône and Languedoc-Roussillon, where it can add charm to varieties that are a little rougher around the edges. The distinguished Châteauneuf-du-Pape and Gigondas appellations are both characterized by significant percentages of Grenache, while in Tavel and Lirac the grape is used to make...

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Mourvèdre

Known as Mataro in California and Monastrell in Spain, Mourvèdre can produce bold, tannic, highly alcoholic red wines. They usually show no shortage of fruit as well, and the best examples keep it all in perfect balance. Rhône-style blends are cropping up all over the world, and one of the classic tried-and-true combinations is "GSM," or Grenache-Syrah-Mourvèdre. The "M" contributes focus and fleshy character to blends - but Mourvèdre also shines on its own as a varietal wine.

Carignan

Grown all over Europe and the Americas, Carignan (a.k.a. Carignane, Carignano, and Cariñena) is seldom seen as a 100% varietal wine. Many appellations of Languedoc-Roussillon must include a certain percentage of Carignan, but it is rarely the dominant grape in these blends. For years, this naturally high-yielding grape suffered from overproduction, but New World winemakers have lately taken up the Carignan cause and produced some distinctive and delicious examples. Now that it is subject to...

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Syrah

We'd like to clear this up once and for all: the Shiraz grape is genetically identical to Syrah. Australian winemakers put "Shiraz" on the map (and, many would argue, vice versa), and the term is now used throughout much of the New World. Let it never be said, however, that Shiraz and Syrah are the same thing: the region in which the grape is grown determines much about the flavor of the wine it will produce. Typically, New World Shiraz yields bigger, fruitier wines than the the peppery Syrahs...

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