A new and very rare white from Gigondas!
2024 Domaine Saint-Damien Gigondas Blanc Les Pres...$41.99
Has some weight and breadth on the palate, but is only medium-bodied. Good feeling of freshness and precision. It's not a wine that brings to mind specific flavour allusions when young: a tab of dry honey, dried pear, chamomile. But more will come with age. Dry, stony finish.
Rated 93/100 Decanter Magazine
A delicate bouquet of crisp Bosc pear, peony blossom, and crushed stone leaps from the glass with a vibrant, almost electric intensity. The palate is sleek and precise, powered by zippy acidity that pushes a saline minerality to the forefront, while citrus pith and fresh apple skins give it a tangy, mouthwatering edge. There's just enough texture here to keep things grounded, but it's the energy and focus that drive this wine forward. It's undeniably delicious now, but with a little patience, this one will reward you through 2030+Rated 93/100 Decanter Magazine
Rated 94/100 The Wine Enthusiast
A pure Clairette, the 2024 Gigondas Blanc is charming and lively, offering up aromas of white fruits, fresh herbs and gentle spice. Medium-bodied and satiny, it glides across the palate with a round, sweet core of fruit, concluding with a delicately aromatic, mouthwatering finish.
Rated 91/100 The Wine Advocate
Rated 91/100 The Wine Advocate
100 % Clairette from the lieu-dits of La Louisianne and La Moutte both situated on the plateau quite close to the estate. Just 3 barrels and 1 800 litre cement egg produced for this second vintage. 60 % aged in barrel, 2 from Chassin cooperage, both 1 one year old, and one 228 L from Stockinger, and 40% in cement egg. Tremendous perfume and lift in the fresh 2024 vintage. Very pure floral white fruit aromas are lifted by the ageing on lees. Fresh and fine and very long with excellent acid balance and line and length. Stunning vintage in this vintage for this particular wine - and for many southern Rhone whites.
The 2024 Domaine Saint-Damien Gigondas Blanc represents one of the newest chapters in the Southern Rhône — and one of its most compelling.
White Gigondas only became AOC-approved in 2023, and Saint-Damien is already setting the benchmark. Domaine Saint-Damien has long been a reference point for Gigondas reds, and its 2024 Gigondas Blanc shows that the estate’s terroir-driven approach translates seamlessly to white wine. As one of the early releases following the appellation’s expansion to include whites, this bottling is both historically significant and immediately compelling — a benchmark for what white Gigondas can be.
The 2024 Domaine Saint-Damien Gigondas Blanc represents one of the newest chapters in the Southern Rhône — and one of its most compelling.
White Gigondas only became AOC-approved in 2023, and Saint-Damien is already setting the benchmark. Domaine Saint-Damien has long been a reference point for Gigondas reds, and its 2024 Gigondas Blanc shows that the estate’s terroir-driven approach translates seamlessly to white wine. As one of the early releases following the appellation’s expansion to include whites, this bottling is both historically significant and immediately compelling — a benchmark for what white Gigondas can be.
