Cave de Tain Hermitage Gambert de Loche 2013 (6 Bottles) Rhône Valley

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Very dark core, almost opaque centre, high viscosity. Quite elegant nose here, layered with some mineral notes, a hint of smoke, dark berries, blackberry cassis, and fine spices. There’s a dash of oak there but not really too obtrusive. Still very youthful, but a great density on the palate. Really good volume, well-distributed tannins there.

Really nice texture, very very persistent. It still needs time to open up, but I really like this. Layers of that dark inky fruit, fine spices, black pepper, there’s some ripe herbs in there, almost like mint and sage. Some meaty notes as well. Very good intensity on the finish. Long, and despite the ripe dark fruit it has a brilliant freshness all along the way.

This is certainly a vin de garde, or a wine to put away, for many years. I like it now because of its very alluring dark fruit, however this is definitely a style that will gain complexity in the cellar. And then I will be happy to enjoy this with something gamey, dark meat, raw deer with truffles, things in that direction. Very nice.

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About Cave de Tain Wines

Uniqueness, in the Crozes-Hermitage, Cornas, Saint-Péray, and in particular in the Hermitage appellation estates (where the former property of Louis Gambert de Loche, the founder of the winery, has 22 hectares on the famous hillside!), the Cave de Tain fully plays its lead role and provides all its strength: the cultural practices it adopts with its own team of winegrowers serve as a showcase or sometimes even a “laboratory” for all winemakers.

On its property in Hermitage, a unique, magical place nestled in the vineyards, the winery dreamt up the most perfect display case for its wines: that was the vocation of Fief de Gambert, the former house of the Gambert family that was renovated in 2009.

With boundless patience and precision, on homogeneous units of terroir for each appellation, often originating from old vines, our winegrowers and agronomists select the plots that were the most successful in the vintage. They are later passed on to enologists winemakers to create a new selection of a given terroir.

With the same plots frequently being used to make a cuvée – somewhat like the same musical notes being played over and over in the chorus of a song – we must remember that it is all about the magic of the vintage! In this way, some plots may not be selected, or others might be chosen unexpectedly in a given vintage.

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World Wine Estates is a wine importer and distributor that was established in 1988 as the import and wholesale arm of the Ultimo Wine Centre – Sydney’s famous premier wine retailer.

Throughout the years we have added premium Australian and New Zealand agencies to our portfolio, whilst maintaining a French wine focus. All our wines are carefully chosen to ensure that we offer our customers high quality wines to suit every type of business.