2012 Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Grenaches de Pierre, Domaine Giraud, Rhône
- Red
- Dry
- Full Bodied
Ready - mature
Product: 20128212999
Description
The soils for these venerable centurion Grenache vines are located on the Crau plateau, which is clay-based, but also in Pignan, which is more sandy. Organic since 2008, Marie and her brother Franois have scored a notable success here; one does not need to employ all thirteen varieties to achieve incredible complexity, it would seem.
Simon Field MW, Rhône Wine Buyer
Marie Giraud is quite business-like these days, and when asked about the vintage, she advises that it has more tension than 2007, less alcohol and concentration than 2010 and ultimately resembles 2009, which also had very small thick-skinned grapes. So there we are. Of course, 2009 was one of her most successful and applauded vintages… thankfully.
Simon Field MW, Rhône Wine Buyer
Marie Giraud is quite business-like these days, and when asked about the vintage, she advises that it has more tension than 2007, less alcohol and concentration than 2010 and ultimately resembles 2009, which also had very small thick-skinned grapes. So there we are. Of course, 2009 was one of her most successful and applauded vintages… thankfully.
Colour Red
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2012
Maturity Ready - mature
Body Full Bodied
Producer Domaine Giraud
About this wine
Domaine Giraud
Domaine Giraud is new to our list this year. Having espied an impressive progression over the last three years, we feel that the 2009 has progressed even further. Marie Giraud is the talented winemaker and advice from the larger-than-life consultant Monsieur Philippe Cambie has brought the property to the boil. The biodynamic approach to viticulture was more than a match, it seems, for the intense heat of high summer, when moisture was at a premium.
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Châteauneuf-du-Pape
The largest and most important appellation in the southern Rhône, with more than 3,200 hectares of vineyards and over 80 growers, Châteauneuf-du-Pape produces more wine than the whole of the northern Rhône combined. The gloriously rich red wines, redolent of the heat and herbs of the south, are enhanced by the complexity which comes from blending several of the 14 permitted grape varieties including Grenache, Mourvèdre and Syrah.
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