E. Guigal E. Guigal Côtes du Rhône 2022 750ml

Bright and concentrated black cherries, rose petal, and fresh aromatics create a lively nose. On the palate, fruit and earthy notes come into perfect balance with a bit of aeration. A great pairing for meaty dishes, offering exceptional value.

The Cotes Du Rhone is smoking good, offering up blackberries, pepper, and garrigue in a round, supple, medium to full-bodied style. Based on 50% Syrah, 40% Grenache, and 10% Mourvèdre, partially aged in oak foudres, this impressive effort shows remarkable quality for the appellation. 90-92 points.

The 2021 Côtes du Rhône results from a drastic selection, with production reduced to only 1.5 million bottles due to frost. Fresher and more peppery than the 2020, it delivers notes of flowers, iris and delicate fresh dark fruits. Juicy, round, savory and perfectly balanced, it’s gourmand and sappy, concluding with a long, gently ethereal finish.

Black plum and cocoa-dusted, white-button-mushroom aromas bump against raspberry and black tea, on the nose. The palate is fulsome in body yet reserved in flavor with red fruit riding all the way to the finish that is made more complex by velvety tannins that demure.

The 2022 Côtes-du-Rhône is delicious as it launches with juicy black fruits, licorice and fleshy aromas. Touching the medium to full-bodied palate with heightened flavor concentration neatly lifted by balancing acidity, the smoothly-structured 2022 doubles down with plenty of savoriness on the well-composed finish. This offers plenty of bang for the buck.