Ogier, Dentellis, Gigondas 2017

“Well-built, delivering a juicy core of red and black currant fruit inlaid with lively savory, tar and mineral accents. Good grippy energy through the finish. Should unwind fully with near-term cellaring. Grenache, Syrah and Mourvèdre. Best from 2021 through 2025.”-92WS

Few Rhône Valley producers can compare to the history and pedigree of Ogier. The family name dates to 800 A.D. when “Ogier the Dane” came to fight with Charlemagne’s soldiers in the Basque country, and on his way back home, settled in southeastern France’s Massif Central region. Antoine Ogier, a distant descendant of Ogier the Dane, entered the wine business in 1859, purchasing a cooperage and establishing “OGIER” as a wine producer in the nearby Rhône Valley.

After more than 160 years, Ogier has grown to become one of the leading producers in the Rhône Valley. Most of its land holdings are in the Southern Rhône area producing wines from Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Gigondas, Vacqueyras and Lirac. The Estate also makes small but exceptional bottlings from parcels within the most notable appellations of the Northern Rhône – Crozes-Hermitage and Côte Rôtie.  Ogier’s wines are an ode to finesse, elegance and freshness.