97/99

A new luxury cuvée, the 2019 Gigondas Le Regard Loin was blended after a year from the best barrels of the various single-parcels—Les Routes, Roches, Le Plateau, La Colline, and Le Lieu Dit. The proportions will vary from year to year and won't be disclosed, according to proprietor Julien Brechet, who says the wine will age at least another year in sandstone jars prior to bottling. It's truly a blend that is greater than the sum of its parts, delivering a lovely amalgam of mixed berries, garrigue, Campari-like spice and orange zest. Full-bodied, silky, elegant and incredibly long, it's easily one of the best Gigondas I've tasted to date.

Certainly, one of the best Gigondas I have ever tasted, the wine rocks as soon as it hits your glass with its explosion of black, red, and blue fruit, flowers, peppered spices, potpourri, and licorice. Rich, deep, full-bodied, and with fabulous intensity, length and purity, this stellar wine can be enjoyed now, due to its ripeness and lush tannins, or aged for secondary development. This is the debut vintage for this new Cuvee which is a barrel selection from their best, single parcels.

96/98

A new wine from this estate that's made from a blend of their single vineyards (Lieu Dit, Colline, Plateau, Routes, Roche), the 2019 Gigondas Le Regard Loin reveals a dense purple hue as well as a gorgeous perfume of black raspberries, blueberries, springs flowers, licorice, and herbes de Provence. Rich, full-bodied, and concentrated, it nevertheless stays weightless and elegant, with ripe yet present tannins, flawless balance, and a great finish. This is a brilliant Gigondas in the making. It should be reasonably approachable on release yet evolve for 15-20 years.

96 point

Deep violet color. Highly perfumed black raspberry, cherry liqueur and blueberry aromas accompany potpourri, olive, vanilla and exotic spice nuances, along with a smoky mineral note that builds in the glass. Juicy and appealingly sweet, offering palate-staining red and blue fruit preserve, spicecake and floral pastille flavors that show superb depth and gently chewy texture. Smoothly balances richness and vivacity, finishing extraordinarily long and spicy, with smooth, harmonious tannins and an emphatic echo of candied flowers and kirsch. This new bottling is a selection of the best barrels from the domaine's five different sites, and after blending, it is aged in amphoras. Roughly 1,000 bottles and 100 magnums will be bottled per vintage.