A third cuvee of Gigondas is the 2005 Gigondas Futs Neufs, which is one of the few cuvees Corcia ages in new oak. This wine has actually benefited from it, as it seems to have much more concentration than the other cuvees and is not overburdened by the wood treatment. This deep, rich wine shows notes of black raspberry and cherry fruit intermixed with a hint of mineral and toast. It should drink well for a decade or more. These are the personal selections of Burgundy wine broker Alain Corcia. All of the wines are blends from top estates put together by Corcia, an accomplished taster as well as blender, and then aged either in foudres or in smaller barriques and bottled with very little clarification. Since he has a distribution system that directly imports from him without any middle men, prices are modest. An Alain Corcia Selection, various American importers, including Premier Wines, CA; tel. (510) 237-6284, and Calvert Woodley Wines, Washington, DC; tel. (202) 966-4400

A third cuvee of Gigondas is the 2005 Gigondas Futs Neufs, which is one of the few cuvees Corcia ages in new oak. This wine has actually benefited from it, as it seems to have much more concentration than the other cuvees and is not overburdened by the wood treatment. This deep, rich wine shows notes of black raspberry and cherry fruit intermixed with a hint of mineral and toast. It should drink well for a decade or more. These are the personal selections of Burgundy wine broker Alain Corcia. All of the wines are blends from top estates put together by Corcia, an accomplished taster as well as blender, and then aged either in foudres or in smaller barriques and bottled with very little clarification. Since he has a distribution system that directly imports from him without any middle men, prices are modest.An Alain Corcia Selection, various American importers, including Premier Wines, CA; tel. (510) 237-6284, and Calvert Woodley Wines, Washington, DC; tel. (202) 966-4400