{"product_id":"2019-domaine-gour-de-chaule-tradition-gigondas-southern-rhone-france-750ml","title":"2019 Domaine Gour de Chaule Tradition Gigondas Southern Rhone France 750mL","description":"\u003cp\u003eVinous gave this bottling 95 points while noting that its average $41 retail tag was \"an almost embarrassingly low price.\" At our $28, it becomes outright highway robbery. For under thirty bucks, you are getting the depth, savory muscle, and age-worthy power of a top-tier Châteauneuf-du-Pape that easily sets you back $70 or more.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDomaine du Gour de Chaulé has anchored the heart of Gigondas village since 1900. Spanning five generations of family ownership, including three formidable women in a row, the estate is currently helmed by Paul Fumoso, who took over the cellar in 2018. The winemaking formula here has stayed fiercely unchanged for over a century. Ancient Grenache vines averaging 55 years, including a plot planted in 1901, ferment as 100% whole clusters in underground concrete vats. The wine rests 18 months in massive neutral foudres and sits for three full years before release, completely unfiltered and unfined.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat obsessive adherence to raw, whole-cluster tradition yields something modern oak barrels can never replicate. The stellar 2019 vintage packed unbelievable concentration into these tiny-yielding plots. Now at seven years of bottle age, it is entering its prime drinking window. Expect a soaring nose of kirsch, black raspberry, and lavender, followed by sweet, dusty tannins, white pepper, and a long finish bursting with savory, gamey depth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSouthern Rhône wines of this caliber, heritage, and score simply do not exist at $28. Our allocation is tiny, and when this stock clears out, it is gone for good.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Domaine Gour de Chaule","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50189888094465,"sku":"4017867","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0783\/8085\/9649\/files\/4017867.png?v=1786751378","url":"https:\/\/winekey.com\/products\/2019-domaine-gour-de-chaule-tradition-gigondas-southern-rhone-france-750ml","provider":"WineKey","version":"1.0","type":"link"}