Les Racines Rouge 2015
COMMENTAIRES DE DÉGUSTATION PAR L’ÉQUIPE DU VIEUX TÉLÉGRAPHE – LE 8 FÉVRIER 2023
Nez légèrement évolué, le fruit est présent, plutôt gourmand mais on est surpris par une certaine austérité.
Les arômes secondaires dominent la bouche, l’équilibre est là mais il faudra être encore un peu patient pour une expression plus harmonieuse du niveau qualitatif de ce 2015.
A garder sinon à ouvrir 2 heures avant de passer à table.
WINESPECTATOR.COM – AUTOMNE 2017 – J. MOLESWORTH
92. Still youthfully tight, with singed alder and dried lavender notes framing a coiled core of cassis, damson plum and bitter cherry fruit. The long sanguine- and mineral-edged finish will need some time to unwind fully. Best from 2019 through 2027. 2,800 cases made.
WINE ADVOCATE – OCT. 31, 2017 – No 233 – JOE CZERWINSKI
91. I preferred the Domaine Les Pallieres 2015 Gigondas Les Racines, which comes from 75-year-old vines (80% Grenache) at lower elevation. There’s a sassafras-like spice note to this wine, along with ripe cherries and hints of clove and allspice. Like the Terrasse de Diable, it’s full-bodied and silky in texture, but the Racines seems to carry its alcohol better. Both of these Gigondas are matured exclusively in 60hectoliter foudres, so there’s no obvious oak influence.
JEBDUNNUCK.COM – OCT. 19, 2017
94+. Cut from the same cloth, the 2015 Gigondas Racines offers darker fruits, as well as more minerality, yet is slightly closed and needs 2-3 years of bottle age. Garrigue, black cherries, currants, scorched earth, and licorice all flow to a full-bodied Gigondas that has ripe tannin and terrific length. It’s a classic beauty well worth your time and money.
WINE ADVOCATE – #227 – OCT. 31, 2016 – JEB DUNNUCK
(91-93). The 2015 Gigondas les Racines looks to be slightly superior to the Terrasses du Diable at this point and has a more minerality, dark fruit and garrigue in a medium to full-bodied, concentrated, even backwards style. It has depth and length, and will benefit from a few years in bottle
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