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Pierre Amadieu Gigondas Le Pas de l'Aigle Rougetext
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Pierre Amadieu Gigondas Le Pas de l'Aigle Rouge 2012

Gigondas, Southern Rhone, Rhone Valley, FranceHuge black pepper, sausage meat, garrigue nose flecked with eucalyptus, black cherry, black berry, licorice root and light vanilla and coffee aroma. Dry, fresh, full, round, suave palate with some grainy tannins buffered by intense black berry, black plum, licorice, meaty, savoury, peppery, tobacco, menthol, blood orange and vanilla flavours. A big styled, fruity, age-able Gigondas. Drinkable now but will benefit from 3-5 years. Perfect for the cellar.Tasted: 18 May 2015Tasted by: Anthony Gismondi and Stuart TobePrices:
BC$50.00750mlspeculative listing - Evolution Fine Wines
Producer: Pierre AmadieuDistributors: Peacock and Martin Wine Merchants
Blend: Grenache - SyrahCSPC: 354217