My only gripe with the Tardieu-Laurent wines is not their overall quality—I found every one I tasted to be very good—but that the use of oak obscures some of their more delicate characteristics, at least at this young stage. This Gigondas is wonderfully perfumed with vanilla and a vast array of dried spices, and it shows richly supple fruit notes of cherry and apricot. It's delicious now—in its own way—but maybe the wood will be more effectively integrated in a couple of years.
My only gripe with the Tardieu-Laurent wines is not their overall quality—I found every one I tasted to be very good—but that the use of oak obscures some of their more delicate characteristics, at least at this young stage. This Gigondas is wonderfully perfumed with vanilla and a vast array of dried spices, and it shows richly supple fruit notes of cherry and apricot. It's delicious now—in its own way—but maybe the wood will be more effectively integrated in a couple of years.
My only gripe with the Tardieu-Laurent wines is not their overall quality—I found every one I tasted to be very good—but that the use of oak obscures some of their more delicate characteristics, at least at this young stage. This Gigondas is wonderfully perfumed with vanilla and a vast array of dried spices, and it shows richly supple fruit notes of cherry and apricot. It's delicious now—in its own way—but maybe the wood will be more effectively integrated in a couple of years.
My only gripe with the Tardieu-Laurent wines is not their overall quality—I found every one I tasted to be very good—but that the use of oak obscures some of their more delicate characteristics, at least at this young stage. This Gigondas is wonderfully perfumed with vanilla and a vast array of dried spices, and it shows richly supple fruit notes of cherry and apricot. It's delicious now—in its own way—but maybe the wood will be more effectively integrated in a couple of years.