Perrin & Fils, Gigondas Tourelles Vintage:2017 This is also quite tightly

This is also quite tightly coiled and a wine that will need all of a decade to reach its peak

Fresh and pliant

The 2010 Vieilles Vignes Françaises dazzles from the very first impression with striking aromatic presence and utterly captivating balance

An exuberantly spicy nose is composed almost exclusively of various very ripe dark berries and exotic tea scents

textural density and general ripeness on display in this wine

Perrin & Fils, Gigondas Tourelles Vintage:2017 This is also quite tightlyOpaque, bright rimmed ruby. Intensely perfumed, mineral accented cherry and dark berry scents are accompanied by suggestions of licorice, candied flowers and exotic spices. Fleshy and broad in the mouth, offering deeply concentrated cherry pastry and blackberry flavors that become more energetic as the wine stretches out. Shows superb energy and mineral lift on an impressively long, subtly tannic finish that leaves behind a suave floral note. Josh