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Côtes-du-Rhône Rouge, Guigal 2020
Red Wine from France - Rhone
The lockdown vintage was marked by fine weather with hardly a drop of rain and cool summer nights which allowed the crop to retain freshness. Guigal's syrah-dominated Rhône balances power with bright fruit flavours with a little spice.
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Code: RH68191
Wine characteristics
- Red Wine
- Full-bodied
- Grenache Syrah
- 75cl
- Now to 2030
- 15% Alcohol
- no oak influence
- Cork, natural
- Vegetarian
- Vegan
E. Guigal
Guigal’s is an extraordinary story of not-quite-rags to riches. Etienne Guigal joined Vidal-Fleury as a humble cellar hand in 1927 and rose to the position of cellar master. In 1946 he left Vidal-Fleury to start in business on his own account and this was quietly successful until his son Marcel joined in 1961. The company then quite simply took off in the most astonishing way. Just before Etienne died in 1988, Guigal bought Vidal-Fleury, thus completing the circle. More recent acquisitions have included Domaine de Vallouit which gave Guigal more land in Cote Rôtie and then Jean-Louis Grippat which suddenly made Guigal important owners in Hermitage as well. In 1995, Guigal bought the ramshackle Château d’Ampuis, just outside René Rostaing’s front door and renovated it with no expense spared. The success of Guigal is founded on extremely hard work and immense skill in the cellar combined with flair and marketing genius. These days Marcel Guigal is often to be found in Paris on French appellation controlée business for the Ministry of Agriculture, in which he is deeply involved. Fortunately, his son Philippe is in every way as brilliant as his father .
At the heart of Guigal are the appellations of Côte-Rôtie and Condrieu where the company was at one time responsible for about a third of production. Indeed, Guigal resurrected both appellations, especially Condrieu which had almost disappeared. If the Guigal profile seems to be less important here nowadays, it is only because...
The Telegraph Online
Made with a fair wallop of syrah, this is a gruff, meaty wine that’s all about roasted dark fruits, brambles, spice, liquorice and black pepper.