Domaine Giraud Chateauneuf-du-Pape Les Galimardes 2010

Professional Ratings

• 98 Jeb Dunnuck

  The 2010 Châteauneuf Du Pape Les Gallimardes is brilliant, with a rich, powerful, full-bodied style as well as tons of classic Southern Rhône aromas and flavors of ripe black cherries, roasted herbs, cured meats, leather, and licorice. This is another 2010 that's in the early stages of maturity with another decade of prime drinking, followed by a gradual decline.

  
  

• 97 Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
  Unfortunately, there are only about 180 cases of the 2010 Chateauneuf du Pape Les Gallimardes. This spectacular wine is one of the vintage's most prodigious efforts. It has added complexity and weight since I tasted it last year. An inky/purple color is followed by notes of licorice, truffles, black raspberries, cassis, camphor and a hint of scorched earth. This dense, full-bodied 2010 possesses fabulous concentration, a multidimensional mouthfeel and a finish that lasts nearly 50 seconds. It is an amazing tour de force from the Girauds and their consulting oenologist, Philippe Cambie.
• 97 Wine Spectator
  A glorious display of ripe, mouthcoating dark fruit featuring seemingly endless layers of steeped fig, warm boysenberry confiture, macerated plum and currant and blueberry pâte de fruit flavors, all laced with a riveting ganache note and backed by a solid, tarry spine. The long finish courses with warm stone, licorice root and Turkish coffee, but avoids being overbearing. Best from 2014 through 2030.