GIGONDAS NECTAR DU TERROIR 2003

Saturday night and i'm all alone again, I think to some, perhaps you might be thinking "Does this guy ever have a life?". Well, I fortunately do have a life, but also unfortunately, tonight's not gonna be the night. I'm pretty much stuck at home doing some ridiculous paper work and waiting for something to happen. In the meantime though, lets have a bottle of Nectar du Terroir from the Gigondas region of the Rhone Valley to cheer things up!

There's something which I've learnt is that Wine is a very emotional drink, meaning this : You can never feel unhappy or think unhappy thoughts while drinking wine! I don't know if this is true for you, but its definitely true for me! I doubt you can be thinking "Oh crap, tomorrow i have to endure another lousy day at work", instead perhaps your mind will switch to more enjoyable thoughts like "What do I feel like eating now?" or "So and So will love to have a taste ot this!"

Ok, back to the wine! This wine is a GIGONDAS NECTAR DU TERROIR 2003, so it has about 4 years of aging in the bottle, and coming from the Gigondas region, I think thats a pretty decent age from the 2003 year. This wine is a GSM and oaked with new French oak for 12 months, so I would expect some mellow oak flavors with good aged fruit characters.

APPEARANCE

Vibrant dark ruby with semi clear rims. Colour looks mature and tempting, good clarity.

NOSE

WOW. The first impression is its very meaty character, I get lovely bacon fat&raw meats. There is some lovely fruit characters with dominant grenache strawberries & liquor cherry, the mild spicy mid palate, liquorice & wild blackberries from syrah and some aged plummy fruits from the mourvedre.

PALATE

The aging has done it a lot of good. The fruits have mellowed down well and there is still a good level of acidity in the wine. Medium bodied and mouth feeling. A very subtle and decent finish, atypical of Aussie's tannic finish.

CONCLUSION

A premium wine that is SO damn good to taste now, and it is the right moment to drink!