Sommeliers regularly tout Gigondas as a worthy alternative to Châteauneuf-du-Pape, said Eric Asimov in The New York Times. That’s “mostly wishful thinking,” since the more exalted wine exhibits a “grandeur” that its close relative rarely matches. But Gigondas has much more going for it than likewise being a blend dominated by Grenache grapes grown in the southern Rhône. Its best makers produce “extremely likable” wines.
2008 Domaine du Cayron Gigondas ($28). A “ravishing” Gigondas. Its “great wash of plummy, berry fruit” is “anchored by an earthy, almost gravelly foundation.”
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