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Red
750ml
Bottle: $270.00 $300.00
Rated 97-100 - A barrel sample that just about made my eyes roll back in my head, the 2019 Ermitage Ex Voto has...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $299.94
Rated 97-100 - A barrel sample that just about made my eyes roll back in my head, the 2019 Ermitage Ex Voto has...
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Sale
Red
750ml
Bottle: $368.64 $409.60
Rated 97-100 - A barrel sample that just about made my eyes roll back in my head, the 2019 Ermitage Ex Voto has...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $31.83
12 bottles: $31.19
Looking at the wines from the Southern Rhône, the 2019 Gigondas is medium to full-bodied and nicely textured, with...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $66.34
In a completely different style to the 2016s, the 2017 Hermitage comes from a ripe, sexy vintage for Hermitage. Aged...
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Rapid Ship
Red
750ml
Bottle: $71.94
Moving to the Hermitage releases, the 2018 Hermitage is terrific, and readers will love to have bottles in the...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $32.89 $33.60
12 bottles: $32.23
90-92 A prebottling sample assembled from barrel and tank, the 2020 Saint-Joseph Blanc is a strong effort. Scents of...
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Sale
Red
750ml
Bottle: $66.94 $72.00
The 2019 Saint Joseph Lieu-Dit Saint Joseph ratchets everything up a notch and has an almost flamboyant style in its...
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Sale
Red
750ml
Bottle: $34.93 $36.00
12 bottles: $34.23
Dark, brilliant ruby. Pungent black raspberry and cherry aromas are complemented by floral, olive and baking spice...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $67.95
I loved the 2017 Saint Joseph Vignes De L'Hospice from barrel and it doesn't disappoint from bottle. Revealing a deep...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $111.60 $124.00
Coming from an incredible vineyard located just above the village of Tournon (which Marcel states matter of factly is...
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Rose
750ml
Bottle: $21.83
12 bottles: $21.39
With its full body and prominent tannins this is a bold rosé with some red wine personality. Plenty of red plum...
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White
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $91.95
Ripe and lush, offering peach, mango, papaya and nectarine flavors, this nonetheless keeps a sense of purity, with...
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White
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $152.01
This full-bodied white was aged in one-third new oak and two-thirds tank. One hundred percent of the 2007 Condrieu La...
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White
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $118.95
Easily one of the greatest Condrieu I’ve ever tasted is the 2015 Condrieu La Doriane. A wine that needs to be...
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White
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $89.93
The flagship 2016 Condrieu La Doriane also shows the freshness and more classical style of the vintage. Citrus...
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White
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $89.37
The flagship 2016 Condrieu La Doriane also shows the freshness and more classical style of the vintage. Citrus...
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White
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $95.78
Bottled at the same time, the 2018 Condrieu La Doriane is a bigger, more luxurious version of the appellation...
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White
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $85.95
The 2019 Condrieu La Doriane is another tremendous effort from this estate that does everything right. Reminding me...
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White
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $101.95
Just about pure perfection and one of the finest Condrieu to pass my lips, the 2020 Condrieu La Doriane offers an...
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The story behind E. Guigal winery is a long and fascinating one, which takes in much of the modern history of the Rhone Valley. This special part of France has always been associated with some of the country’s finest wines, and this in part is due to wineries such as E. Guigal. The story begins in the 1930s, when young Etienne Guigal was sent off by his family to work in the mines, but fearing for his safety, he instead chose to pick apricots in Ampuis, and felt far more comfortable in the fields than he ever did underground. At the age of 14, his older brother secured him work in Vidal Fleury - the most prominent and famous of Rhone wineries at the time - and he quickly developed a passion for viticulture that saw him rise through the ranks over the course of fifteen years. By 1946, he was ready to set up his own winery, determined to maintain the reputation of the Rhone Valley which had slipped during the wartime years.

The winery was passed to Etienne’s son, Marcel, who took E. Guigal from strength to strength, bringing attention back to the beautiful sub-region of Cotes-Rotie, a historic wine region which had been a centre of oenology for two and a half thousand years before falling out of favor in the early twentieth century. Marcel passed the torch to his own son, Phillipe, who continues to work as head vintner and oenologist at E. Guigal to this day.

This particular winery is one which is dedicated to the utmost in excellence, and uses the skills and knowledge gained over three hard-working generations to produce wines which are the very essence of the best Rhone appellations. Part of this dedication to perfection is due to the fact that E. Guigal is extremely particular about which vineyards are purchased - they have a determination to only use land which is capable of producing the finest wines worthy of their name. With viticultural methods that favor long term excellence over short term results, steeply sloping vineyards which reveal low-yielding, highly expressive grapes and traditional techniques, E. Guigal is rightly recognized as one of the finest wineries the Rhone Valley has ever seen.