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Muntada Gauby 2008
HED00569
75 cl
13.5%
£85.00
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The Muntada Gauby 2008 is a red wine from the Côtes du Roussillon Villages appellation, showcasing a blend of predominantly Syrah, Grenache and Carignan. Produced by Domaine Gauby, a revered estate known for its commitment to organic farming and low-intervention winemaking, this wine offers deep, concentrated notes of black fruits, notably blackcurrant and blackberry, alongside earthy undertones. The tannins provide structure, while hints of minerality emerge, revealing nuances of wet stone and iron. Its finish is marked by a balanced acidity, suggesting it can evolve over the coming years.
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Robert Parker
The Gauby 2008 Cotes du Roussillon Villages Muntada combines almost implosive tiny-berried concentration of cassis and other black fruits with vibratory intensity, so that for all of its palpable impression of sheer density; of tannic suffusion; and of mineral layering that you would think took eons of geological sedimentation not just 120 days on a vine to accomplish, this superb wine projects polish, elegance, and lift. Like the corresponding Vieilles Vignes bottling but to an even greater extent, it reveals peat, iron filings, crushed stone, iodine, and chalk as if they were profound strata, while the tart edge of dark berries; soy-like saline savor; and bittersweet pungency of scrubby herbs further contribute to invigoration in a finish that seems to be coursing with electrical current. This ought to merit two decades of inspiring contemplation and eager consumption. - David Schildknecht
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