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Domaine de Montvac Gigondas 2003

$29.00

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Vacqueyras is a village in the Northern Vaucluse and has had Cru designation for more than 20 years. Domaine de Montvac is owned by Cécile Dussere, who represents the third generation of female ownership of the property (and since she has three daughters and no sons, there looks to be a fourth). The winery is named for the nearby Dentelles de Montmirail and the village of Vacqueyras. Mme. Dusserre is also the winemaker, producing Vacqueyras and Gigondas wines. Her husband, Phillipe Cartoux, manages the vineyard and owns and makes wine for an excellent winery of his own nearby, Domaine des Espiers. Montvac wines, like Mme. Dusserre herself, are fabulous. If you speak French, by all means stop by for a visit. She looks like the professional ballet dancer she trained to become, and she's knowledgeable, passionate about the wines, and fun above all. Plus, you'll get to drink spectacularly well.

First Vine is the first importer to bring Montvac wines to Washington, DC.

2003 was a spectacular year for wine in this part of the world, and we're excited and lucky to have snagged some of Montvac’s 2003 Gigondas. Like the 2005 (also a good year), it's 70% Grenache, 25% Syrah, and 5% Mourvèdre (the same blend of grapes as the Vacqueras reds). Gigondas is the most prestigious appellation in the Southern Rhône Valley after Châteauneuf-du-Pape, and has been a cru since the early 1970s. Gigondas reds are bigger than Vacqueras reds, one wine critic has said that they're a throwback to a time when great reds were more muscular, before the current fashion of softening everything up. The wine is aged in oak, which helps to tame some of the sharper leathery notes – but not so much as to make them disappear. Truly a treat! The 2003 has aged to an almost unbearable richness. Don't pass up the chance to try it, because we're not getting any more once it's gone!

14.5% alcohol by volume

producer / region: Domaine de Montvac

type: Red Gigondas Wine

grapes:
70% Grenache, 25% Syrah, 5% Mourvèdre

category:
reds to impress

food pairing suggestions:
Try it with your most fabulous cooler-weather meal, or by itself as an aperitif, or any special occasion (to our knowledge, no one has yet turned down a proposal accompanied by this wine!)

drink when? Now or hold up to 3 years