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L'Héritage du Pic Saint Loup - Pic Saint-Loup Guilhem Gaucelm 2020

Languedoc

Red

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95/100 Coup de Cœur

RVF

complex
garrigue
duck à l'orange
long-keeping wine
old vines

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"The Syrahs and very old Grenaches that make up Guilhem Gaucelm 2020 deliver a real garrigue juice, dense with graphite and wild laurel. This complex wine has depth and length, and will age brilliantly". (La RVF 2024). A wine which, while structured, retains a beautiful freshness!

Features

Estate

L'Héritage du Pic Saint Loup

Cuvée

Guilhem Gaucelm

Vintage

2020

Designation

Pic Saint-Loup

Region

Languedoc

Grape varieties

50% Syrah, 50% Grenache (vieilles vignes de 85 ans en gobelets)

Terroirs

Quaternary clay-limestone soils, rolled pebbles, filtering soil

Viticulture

Certified organic and biodynamic

Harvest

Manual

Winemaking

Traditional, punching down, 35-day vatting period

Breeding

In oak tuns for 24 to 30 months

Alcohol content

13.5%

Organic

Yes

Tasting & pairing

Eye

Clear, brilliant colour with purplish highlights

Nose

Fine, delicate aromas of garrigue, tobacco, smoke, cinnamon, spices and black olive.

Mouth

Fine, progressive attack, silky tannins, good fat/acid balance, persistent length

Serve

Decant at 16 to 19°C

Open

1 hour before

Drink before

2033+

Food and wine pairing

Food and wine pairing

Enjoy with red meat, woodcock with porcini mushrooms, shoulder of lamb, stew, duck with orange sauce, wild boar stew...

The Pic Saint Loup heritage

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Expert opinion

Bettane & Desseauve

Bettane & Desseauve

Domain rated (guide 2024) 2*Stars (A serious and recommendable production, but a little more regular and homogeneous than the previous one)

About the domain :

Three Ravaille brothers, Jean-Marc, Pierre and Xavier, as comfortable in Pic Saint-Loup as the three fish on the labels would be in the water. For the reds, sainte-agnès blends the four main Languedoc grape varieties, while the whites are half Roussanne. The move towards biodynamic viticulture has been underway for several years. Sainte-agnès is regularly positioned as the archetypal Pic Saint-Loup red. The 2020s will nevertheless require patience.

Guide Hachette des vins

Guide Hachette des vins

Domain rated (guide 2025) Cité (Vin réussi)

About the domain :

This benchmark 45-hectare estate, formerly known as Ermitage du Pic Saint-Loup, backs onto the foothills of Pic Saint-Loup. It is farmed organically and biodynamically by the Ravaille brothers.

RVF - La Revue du Vin de France / Guide des Meilleurs Vins de France

RVF - La Revue du Vin de France / Guide des Meilleurs Vins de France

Rated (guide 2024) 95/100 Coup de Coeur

Domaine rated (2025 guide) 2*Stars (These great estates, often blessed with fabulous terroirs, are must-haves which, because of their consistency and the excellence of their production, must be included in the cellars of discerning wine lovers).

About the wine:

The Syrahs and very old Grenaches that make up Guilhem Gaucelm 2020 deliver real garrigue juice, dense with graphite and wild laurel. This complex wine has depth and length, and will age brilliantly.

About the domain :

L'Héritage du Pic-Saint-Loup is a historic terroir, located on the lands of the former convent of Château de Montferrand. It was in the 12th century that the first winegrowers tilled and cultivated these pampre fields. Today, this jewel of the appellation, which backs directly onto the Pic, is farmed by the Ravaille family, who were instrumental in introducing Syrah, now the dominant grape variety in the appellation. In 1992, the latest generation, Xavier, Pierre and Jean-Marc, decided to leave the cooperative to vinify these beautiful high-altitude soils. Demanding standards in the vineyard, precise expression and controlled power are the hallmarks of the estate's current production, a benchmark in the appellation.

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