Made from the same blend as the 2009, the 2009 Gigondas Confidentiel comes from a tiny 4.5 acre vineyard in the sector of Gigondas known as La Tour. This brilliant effort reveals notes of black cherries, licorice, camphor and smoky roasted herbs as well as velvety tannins. It is a fleshy, succulent Gigondas to drink over the next 7-8 years.
Christine and Eric Saurel run this biodynamically farmed estate with great passion. It is one of the up-and-coming stars of both Gigondas and Vacqueyras. All four of these Gigondas cuvees are superb.
Importers: Vintage ‘59, Washington, DC; tel. (202) 966-9215; Ruby Wines, Avon, MA; tel. (508) 588-7007; and Winebow, Montvale, NJ; tel. (201) 445-0620