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Guigal's Châteauneuf-du-Pape 1999 was the Wine of the Year in 2004
Distinctive Châteauneuf, with plenty of wild mushrooms, wet earth, game and leather. This is not a fruit bomb; it has chewy ...
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The year is 1927 and 18-year-old Etienne Guigal lifts the iron knocker on the door of the Rhône’s most well-known winemaker, Vidal-Fluery. Being a cellar assistant in Joseph Vidal-Fleury’s prestigious company would be the perfect launchpad for the future.
Exactly 80 years later the door is opened by a slender young man with dark hair. This is Etienne Guigal’s grandson, Philippe. Now 32, he owns the Vidal-Fleury estate, where his grandfather...