Domaine Saint Damien Gigondas Blanc Les Près 2023
Domaine Saint Damien Gigondas Blanc Les Près 2023
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91 pts Wine Advocate
Maturity 2024 - 2028 The 2023 Gigondas Blanc from Domaine Saint Damien offers up aromas of spices, oak, walnuts and camphor, followed by a medium to full-bodied, pure and crystalline texture framed by bright, delicate acids and a spicy, clove finish. Too oaky for my tastes, this is a well-executed Gigondas Blanc. Published: Oct 10, 2024
90 pts Jeb Dunnuck
Maturity 2024 - 2028 Source Southern Rhône Part 2: 2022 & 2023 from Gigondas Print Review The first white from this estate, the 2023 Gigondas Blanc has a kiss of reduction as well as rock-solid aromatics of candied lemon zest, minty flowers, and honeysuckle. It's a medium-bodied, pure, elegant white that will benefit from 6-12 months of bottle age and should evolve nicely over the following 2-4 years.
Terroir: Stony soil from the Quaternary period and torrential deposit. Plots located on the lower terraces of the Gigondas appellation.
Grape varieties: Clairette 100%
Vine age: Varied but the sources are excellent: La Moutte (sandy soil) La Louisianne (red clay and pebbles) with freshness and salinity from Les Pres (limestone) which adjoins Les Souteyrades.
Winemaking: Blending during fermentation. Maceration for 5 weeks in concrete tanks.
Aging: Just 1 x 1900 litre concrete egg and five barrels produced. The barrels including, 2 from Chassin cooperage, both 2 year old, and one 228 L from Stockinger.
100% Clairette coming from several lieu-dits all situated on the plateau quite close to the estate. The lieu-dits all contribute different characters from the soil of each vineyard with La Moutte having sandy soil and red clay and pebbles from La Louisianne with limestone freshness and salinity from Les Pres which adjoins Les Souteyrades. Fresh perfumed and very pure, the aromas are lifted by the excellent acidity of the vintage and the ageing on the lees with no apparent impact of barrel in this very fresh vibrant vintage. Fresh and fine and very long and vibrant. This is the first vintage for the new appellation granted to Gigondas blanc. Clairette blanche must be minimum 70% fermented on its own or blended with the traditional Rhone Valley grape varieties grown in Gigondas (Bourboulenc blanc, Clairette rose, Grenache blanc and gris, Marsanne blanche, Piquepoul blanc and Roussanne). Two secondary grape varieties, Viognier and Ugni blanc, cannot represent more than 5 % of the varietal range.
100% Clairette coming from several lieu-dits all situated on the plateau quite close to the estate. The lieu-dits all contribute different characters from the soil of each vineyard with La Moutte having sandy soil and red clay and pebbles from La Louisianne with limestone freshness and salinity from Les Pres which adjoins Les Souteyrades. Fresh perfumed and very pure, the aromas are lifted by the excellent acidity of the vintage and the ageing on the lees with no apparent impact of barrel in this very fresh vibrant vintage. Fresh and fine and very long and vibrant. This is the first vintage for the new appellation granted to Gigondas blanc. Clairette blanche must be minimum 70% fermented on its own or blended with the traditional Rhone Valley grape varieties grown in Gigondas (Bourboulenc blanc, Clairette rose, Grenache blanc and gris, Marsanne blanche, Piquepoul blanc and Roussanne). Two secondary grape varieties, Viognier and Ugni blanc, cannot represent more than 5 % of the varietal range.
