2000 Domaine du Cayron Gigondas - France, Rhône, Southern Rhône, Gigondas (1/12/2015)
After years of wondering where this wine was going, it finally went somewhere. The fizz is gone, the fruit is mellow and there is just a wealth of herbal and warm earth tones. I drank it with beef stew that was liberally infused with mushrooms, and the results were lights out perfect. $18.99 and worth way more than that just for the experience of the wine with the food. Wow!
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I could swear I remember the 99 being nicer than the 00 when they were young.
Drank far too young. But this is the season for these types!
The '99 was nicer when they came out. This has really blossomed.
Good stuff David. What’s nice is that Gigondas still offers value. The 2010 vintage of this domaine is available for less than $30 and netted a pretty big 93 point score from Josh Raynolds. I might have to check it out.
In case you didn’t see it, in another thread, several people said the wines weren’t so good through the mid- and late-2000s but apparently improved with 2010.
I know I had good experiences with the 01 and 04 and one bottle of 06 but didn’t like the 07 enough to buy it after sampling once. I’d love to think they were back on form.
So would I.
I had some excellent Cayron back in the late 90’s and early 2000’s but can’t drag up which as it was before CT for me.
I do remember, they were big and good … very good.
This was very good, but only medium bodied, which was fine by me.
In the hope of finding something similar, I bought a 2010 Dom. les Gouberts - Beaume de Venise this evening. I remember liking those wines 20 years ago. This is a bit overextracted, with hard tannins, and a big whack of alcohol. Here’s hoping a night in the fridge somehow cures it. Not holding my breath. Time to try a recent Cayron.
I am going to have a wine shop friend of mine track down some current release Cayron.
Do yourself a favor, David. Go looking for Raspail Ay or Gour de Chaulé. The daughters do not have their father’s and grandfather’s touch in Cayron.
Thanks Jonathan. Curiosity may still get the best of me, but I will go looking for the others as well.
Another vote for Raspail Ay here David!