Why Guillaume Gilles’ Cornas Is Becoming Impossible to Ignore
Guillaume Gilles係而家Cornas最令人興奮嘅釀酒師之一。佢最初喺村入面跟Robert Michel做學徒，之後再喺Hermitage跟Jean-Louis Chave做咗四年🙂↕️，2007年先開始自己嘅酒莊。Robert Michel退休之後，Guillaume Gilles租返佢舊有嘅Chaillot部分葡萄園，而家仍然喺Cornas市中心Michel屋下嗰個歷史酒窖入面釀酒同陳年。
佢起步就係接手嗰啲陡峭花崗岩坡上嘅massale老葡萄藤，而家所有做法仍然保持嗰種低調、細心嘅風格。喺葡萄園入面，所有工作都係人手做，產量控制得低，用有機方式耕作。酒窖方面佢盡量少干預：用整串葡萄同天然酵母發酵，唔澄清、唔過濾，再喺舊木桶入面慢慢陳年15 至 18 個月。釀出嚟嘅酒係純淨而有表現力嘅Cornas——深沉帶香料感，有真正嘅能量同平衡，年輕時已經好飲，但又有好好嘅陳年潛力🙌。
Cotes du Rhone Les Peyrouses Rouge用Cornas沙質同黏土平地上面嘅老藤釀造，地面鋪滿大石塊，釀造方式同佢嘅 Cornas一模一樣。呢支酒帶鹹且而有活力，比一般Cotes du Rhone有料得多，基本上就係一支迷你Cornas，性格同強度都好接近。Cornas Nouvelle Les Rieux來自400至450米較高嘅白色花崗岩坡。呢支係佢Cornas入面較明亮、香味更突出嘅一支，有活潑嘅紅果同香料，酒精適中，帶有一種清新感，Michel本人都認為會令人聯想起70-80年代嘅Cornas。
兩款酒嘅產量都唔多，已經展現出令人難忘嘅質素🫶。當你試過，就好容易明白點解越來越多人喺搵Domaine Guillaume Gilles。
即日起至10月28日，Guillaume Gilles 嘅酒享有95折。
Guillaume Gilles is one of the most exciting winemakers working in Cornas today. He learned the craft from two of the Northern Rhone’s great traditionalists—first as an apprentice alongside Robert Michel in the village itself, then for four years with Jean-Louis Chave in Hermitage🙂↕️—before starting his own domaine in 2007. After Michel retired, Gilles rented part of his old Chaillot holdings and still vinifies and ages his wines in the historic cellar beneath Michel’s house in the centre of Cornas.
He began with those old massale vines on the steep granite slopes, and his approach remains quiet and careful. The vines are worked by hand, yields are kept low, and the farming is organic. In the cellar he prefers to stay out of the way: whole-bunch fermentations with native yeasts, no fining or filtration, and 15–18 months in older demi-muids. The wines are pure, expressive Cornas—deep and spicy, with real energy and the kind of balance that drinks well young yet ages beautifully🙌.
Cotes du Rhone Les Peyrouses Rouge is made from old vines on the sand-and-clay flats in Cornas, covered with large galet stones and vinified exactly like the estate’s Cornas. It is savoury, energetic, and far more serious than a typical Cotes du Rhone—essentially a mini-Cornas in character and intensity. Cornas Nouvelle Les Rieux comes from higher white-granite slopes at 400–450 meters. It is the brighter, more fragrant of his Cornas, with lively red fruit and spice, moderate alcohol, and a freshness that Michel himself recognized as recalling the Cornas of the 1970s and ’80s.
Both are made in small quantities and already show the kind of quality that makes them hard to forget🫶. Once you taste them, it’s easy to see why more people are seeking them out.
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Domaine Guillaume Gilles Cotes du Rhone Les Peyrouses 2021 - Bt
HK$450 ▷ HK$425
Deep garnet pure Syrah from mature vines planted on the Cornas plain, where stony soils sit over sand and clay. Pungent notes of smoke, dark berries, and olive open onto a dense, juicy mid-palate of black fruit, game and subtle bitterness. Firm tannins build through a long, peppery finish with savory grip — an intense, structured Northern Rhone expression.
Domaine Guillaume Gilles Cornas Nouvelle Les Rieux 2018 - Bt | VNS93
HK$720 ▷ HK$680
Deep violet color. Vibrant aromas of black raspberry, cherry, exotic spices and potpourri are complicated by a smoky mineral quality. Nicely concentrated and energetic on the palate, offering bitter cherry, dark berry and salty olive flavors and a suave, floral top note. The cherry and mineral notes carry through a very long, seamless and penetrating finish that's framed by smooth, well-knit tannins. Those who slavishly adhere to the stereotype that Cornas is all about weight, rusticity and brute power should check this bottling out, from any vintage, and then proceed to recheck their supposed wisdom...if they are capable of doing so.
-93, Josh Raynolds, Vinous.com, December 2022
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