The 2004 Gigondas Romane Machotte is similarly styled, with pretty kirsch and dried berry fruit, licorice and underbrush aromas and flavors. Made from 80% Grenache and 20% Syrah and aged 12 months in equal parts older barrel and oak casks, it is medium-bodied, nicely balanced and fresh, with a solid finish that keeps you coming back to the glass. Enjoy it over the coming 3-4 years.

Fleshy and ripe, this opens nicely in the glass, with dark plum, fig and raspberry flavors backed by sweet, bacony toast and tar notes on the finish. Drink now through 2010. 8,165 cases made.??–JM??Region: France / Southern Rh?ne / Gigondas Select to Add