Domaine Rotier Les Gravels Red (Gaillac)

Ficha técnica

Tipo

Other

Uva

Duras, Braucol, Syrah

País

France

Região

Gaillac

Denominação

Gaillac

Corpo

full

Acidez

high

Tanino

high

Doçura

dry

Safras avaliadas

• 201686 pts

  Duras and Syrah grapes take credit for this ripe, spicy wine. With its red fruit and plenty of pepper and caramel flavors, it's a full-bodied rosé—much better with food than by itself. Drink now.

• 201591 pts

  Blending the three red grapes of Gaillac (Duras, Braucol and Syrah), this is an impressively rich wine, with signs of its wood aging just integrating with the ripe black-currant fruit and firm tannins. It has an exhilarating aftertaste of acidity and young fruits. Drink from 202…

• 201490 pts

  This crisp blend of Braucol and Syrah comes from a gravel terrace. While it has fine acidity, the wine also has ripe red fruits, sweet plum flavors and an attractive sprinkling of spice. Drink this wine from 2017.

• 201390 pts

  This wine has an intense structure while not losing sight of fruit. It's a solid wine with dominant tannins. It also has intense acidity and, in the background, red berry fruits. It needs time to come together into an impressive wine. Drink from 2017.

• 201289 pts

  This blend of local Duras and Braucol with the more Mediterranean Syrah is attractively spicy and juicy. It is packed with red fruits, sweet berry flavors and ripe tannins. The wine is maturing well and will be ready to drink from 2016.

• 201188 pts

  A ripe and smooth wine, its wood aging softening the rough edges of the young fruitiness and bringing a touch of elegance. The wine is spicy with licorice as well as the red fruit flavors. It can be aged, so drink from 2014.

• 200990 pts

  Benefiting from the ripe 2009 vintage, this is an intense and concentrated wine, full of jammy plum and red berry flavors, spiced with licorice and pepper. The wine has good concentration. Ready to drink now or age 3–5 years.

• 200588 pts

  Finely balanced wine, layering tannins, red juicy fruits and plenty of delicious, sweet acidity. Like so many Gaillac wines, it has an attractive, earthy edge, which gives character and will blow away as the wine ages. The tannins come back at the end, so the aging potential is…