Millésimes Terrasse du Diable Rouge 2008
WINE ADVOCATE – 31 OCT 2010 – #191 – 88 pts –
Now that partners Daniel and Frédéric Brunier and Kermit Lunch have gotten a full grasp of this complicated cool climate terroir, Les Pallières quality has soared.
Medium ruby-colored effort displaying elegant, Pinot Noir-like notes of bay leaf, strawberries, forest floor and black cherries. Peppery, spicy and well-made in a very difficult vintage for Gigondas, it should drink well for 4-6 years.
WINE SPECTATOR – FEB 28, 2011
88. Medium-weight, with a slightly raisined edge to the elegant plum and fig notes. There\’s a lingering black licorice edge on the finish. Drink now through 2012. 4500 cases made.
GAULT MILLAU – JAN/MARS 2011
La texture est remarquable de précision et de sensualité. Les tanins enrobés laissent parler des notes kirschées, de cuir, de poivre aussi. Rondeur et volume emplissent la bouche. Avec une côte de boeuf, un cassoulet, des viandes en sauce.
INTERNATIONAL WINE CELLAR – MAR/APR 2011
91. ($36) Deep red. High-pitched aromas of red berries and potpourri, with a vibrant mineral quality and a hint of anise. Lively and precise on the palate, offering sweet strawberry and raspberry flavors and a hint of candied flowers that gains strength with air. Impressively elegant wine with lovely finishing clarity and spicy persistence.
WINE ADVOCATE #191 – 88 – $42
Now that partners Daniel and Frédéric Brunier and Kermit Lunch have gotten a full grasp of this complicated cool climate terroir, Les Pallières quality has soared.
Terrasse du Diable 2008 is a medium ruby-colored effort displaying elegant, Pinot Noir-like notes of bay leaf, strawberries, forest floor and black cherries. Peppery, spicy and well-made in a very difficult vintage for Gigondas. It should drink well for 4-6 years.
JANCIS ROBINSON – 21 NOV; 2009
Mentioned in the 2008 successes
Looks quite an evolved crimson. Not that deep a colour. Sweet, gamey nose. Very easy to like. Casual but confident with lots of fruit right across the palate. Not as full blooded as some other vintages but really very Gigondas and less dry on the finish than some of the more ‘successful’ vintages. A very attractive drink – though not for the very long term.
INTERNATIONAL WINE CELLAR – #148 – JAN/FEB 2010
Dark red. Brighter and stonier than the Racines , with scents of strawberry, redcurrant and Asian spices underscored by dusty minerals. Racy, finely etched red fruit flavors stain the palate without showing any excess weight or rough edges. With a late note of succulent herbs, this is already showing good complexity, but this taut, well-balanced wine will be even better with a few years of bottle aging. 90-92
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