This wine was of the 2003 vintage and tasted exactly like the season. It was quite complex with Blackberries, deep dark fruit and pepper and spice on the nose.
The palate was thick of black fruit and brambles with a spicy backbone that had a good long finish. There was definitely a jammy component to the wine and this slightly marred it for me.
The wine was exactly as I remember 2003 with bright sunshine and quite hot. The alcohol was 14.5 which is quite high for my palate but average for new world wine. The Grenache was very sweet and the fruit very ripe, this was all held together by the Syrah with its spicy character and good tannin structure.
Gigondas is in the heart of the southern Côtes du Rhône area at the foot of the "Dentelles de Montmirail" mountains. Cuvée Alexandre represents 1 hectare of selected grapes from very old vineyards on Domaine les Teyssonnieres.
The 13 varieties of Domaine les Teyssonnieres, with 80 % Grenache are beautifully balanced and there is no heavy use of oak.
Picking is carried out by hand and the grapes are sorted in the vineyard and at the winery and the bunches are not destemmed before Tank maceration at 20 to 30°C for 20 days and blending of the different varieties before tank fermentation.
The wine is made solely with the free-run or first juice.
The wine is racked several times after malolactic fermentation and matured in large oak tanks for a year. It is bottle-aged for a year before sale.
RRP. $45.99 WVR 16.5/20
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