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Château Gigault
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2022
Château Gigault Cuvée Viva (Blaye Côtes de Bordeaux)
Floral, fruity and fresh, with soft, supple textures, the wine is medium-bodied, finishing with sweet, creamy cherries and a touch of spice. The wine will be ready to enjoy on release. Drink from 2025-2032. 90-92 Pts. 1,510 Views Tasted May 8, 2023 |
2021
Château Gigault Cuvée Viva (Blaye Côtes de Bordeaux)
Bright, fresh and fruity with a medium-bodied core of sweet red cherries, licorice and a touch of mocha in the endnote. You can enjoy this on the young side. Drink from 2023-2030. 87-89 1,176 Views Tasted May 20, 2022 |
2020
Château Gigault Cuvée Viva (Blaye Côtes de Bordeaux)
Black cherries, plums, espresso, flowers and licorice, notes are easy to find in the nose. The wine is soft, supple-textured, medium-bodied and fresh, with a sweet, ripe, vibrant, cherry, plum and chocolate mid-palate and finish. This will be just great on release and over the next decade or more. Drink from 2023-2037. 530 Views Tasted Mar 21, 2023 |
2019
Château Gigault Cuvée Viva (Blaye Côtes de Bordeaux)
Licorice, espresso and lightly dusted cocoa notes on the nose, medium-bodied with a sweet, ripe, lush, round, juicy cherry mid-palate and finish. This will be just great on release and over the next decade or more. 89-91 Pts 2,956 Views Tasted Jun 8, 2020 |
2018
Château Gigault Cuvée Viva (Blaye Côtes de Bordeaux)
With all the ripe, sweet, dark red fruits, licorice, espresso and cocoa you were hoping to find here, the wine is fresh, juicy, elegant and round, with a rich, ripe, plummy finish. Drink this young, or age it for a few years. 851 Views Tasted Mar 9, 2021With a floral edge, the wine is medium-bodied, round, soft and loaded with licorice, and fresh, juicy plums accompanied by a nice note of spice in the finish. You can drink this young for all its sweet ripe fruits. 89-91 Pts 1,673 Views Tasted Apr 19, 2019 |
2017
Château Gigault Cuvée Viva (Blaye Côtes de Bordeaux)
Lighter styled, leaning toward the bright, crisp cherry side, this wine is medium bodied and soft with thyme and tobacco nuances to spice things up. You can drink this on release. 1,518 Views Tasted Apr 26, 2018 |
2016
Château Gigault Cuvée Viva (Blaye Côtes de Bordeaux)
Round and loaded with juicy, dark red fruits, the wine is vibrant and juicy, with freshness and ample fruit, giving it volume and character. 2,890 Views Tasted Sep 21, 2019Deep in color, with loads of deep, earthy fruit. Medium/full bodied, with ripeness, depth of flavor and complexity. 2,511 Views Tasted Apr 29, 2017 |
2015
Château Gigault Cuvée Viva (Blaye Côtes de Bordeaux)
Kicks off with juicy, ripe, sweet, fresh black cherries dipped in chocolate with black licorice and floral notes. Forward, round and lush, this is already tasty to drink. 89-91 Pts 2,196 Views Tasted Apr 30, 2016 |
2014
Château Gigault Cuvée Viva (Blaye Côtes de Bordeaux)
Red fruits and spice, with a stony, red berry and espresso finish. 86-88 Pts 2,674 Views Tasted May 1, 2015 |
2013
Château Gigault Cuvée Viva (Blaye Côtes de Bordeaux)
Simple, medium bodied, red berry dominated wine with a fresh finish. 84-86 Pts 2,124 Views Tasted May 1, 2014 |
2012
Château Gigault Cuvée Viva (Blaye Côtes de Bordeaux)
Simple, medium-bodied with a forward, spicy red berry finish. 86-88 Pts 2,834 Views Tasted Apr 26, 2013 |
2012
Château Gigault (Blaye Côtes de Bordeaux)
Fully mature, medium bodied, easy drinking crowd pleaser with a black cherry profile for current consumption. 1,766 Views Tasted Jan 5, 2018 |
2011
Château Gigault Cuvée Viva (Blaye Côtes de Bordeaux)
From 100% Merlot, the wine was whole berry fermented and aged in 33% new oak is medium bodied with a red cherry personality. 87-89 Pts 3,201 Views Tasted Apr 20, 2012 |
2010
Château Gigault Cuvée Viva (Blaye Côtes de Bordeaux)
Open for business with its espresso bean, black cherry and cocoa scented nose, the wine is soft, polished and round, with a lush textured, black raspberry finish. Produced from 100% Merlot, this is a solid Bordeaux value wine. 2,383 Views Tasted Mar 12, 2014 |
2009
Château Gigault Cuvée Viva (Blaye Côtes de Bordeaux)
2009 Gigault Cuvee Viva, from 90% merlot and 10% cabernet franc, is a supple styled, ripe wine that will give good value for the buck and drink well on release. 86-88 Pts 3,699 Views Tasted Aug 26, 2010 |
2005
Château Gigault Cuvée Viva (Blaye Côtes de Bordeaux)
Fully mature, or perhaps just a few feet past, the wine is slowly dropping its fruit. But there is some wind left in its sails, as you can still catch the remainder of its soft textured, earthy, tobacco, cherry, thyme and cocoa sensations. Drink up. 3,205 Views Tasted Aug 26, 2017 |