Bouissiere, Gigondas 2005

Red/purple.

Not as flashy as the Grand Romane on the nose, but deeper where it counts. In the raw material department. Very deep, black nose - earth, licorice with a deep Grenache raspberry liqueur note buried.

Great sweetness and peppery depth in the mouth. Shows a bit of alcohol in the mid-palate, but I don't care. The chewy/spicy driving action here is the real deal. This makes both the other Gigondas look like popcorn fart airheads. Packed and "painfully intense" (Tanzerism).

FK

$45