The Movement · Bordeaux red
Gigue2025
Still maturing in our cellar — released only in its drinking phase.
Arriving
Like an early evening beneath old olive trees.
Powerful and rich in tannin, kept in motion by lively fruit.
Quick, full of verve and with strength in every step – that is how a gigue sounds, and how this wine tastes.
Evening beneath the olive trees
The first glass
The flavour profile of Gigue 2025
Gigue smells of juicy cherry and violet, with a hint of white pepper. On the palate it is powerful and rich in tannin, almost heavy, and yet it stays nimble because the fruit carries it. A red for the table, at 15–16 °C.
Why Gigue
A quick dance with weight.
A suite is a sequence of dances. Each has its own character, and only all together do they make the whole. That is how our estate is built: each cuvée is inspired by a movement of this suite and takes on the character of its form.The gigue is the quick, lively dance of the suite. In the classical suite it comes last; with us, it opens the reds. That is why this wine has power and tannin, and why its fruit sets it in motion. Dancing rather than marching, for Gigue, means energy despite weight.
Gigue is energy with weight: powerful, rich in tannin and kept in motion by its fruit.
Robert Schumann — Gigue, Op. 32
Maturity — how it drinks today
Still maturing in the cellar
Our principles
Why we take the trouble
Ageing in our own cellar
Most of our wines go on sale only once they are ready to drink; until then they mature with us, and we carry the risk.
Composed plot by plot
Each plot is vinified separately; only at the end do we compose the cuvée from them.
Time as an ingredient
Depth takes time. We give the wines the years in barrel and bottle that they need.
Organic & HVE4
The Domaine's vineyards are certified organic and HVE4, set within a 19-hectare ecosystem of woodland, meadows, water and vines.
The terroir and the wine it yields
Where it comes from
Precision & method
In the tradition of modern oenology
Aux Conseillans was for decades the Domaine of Jean Ribéreau-Gayon — one of the co-founders of modern oenology, founder of the Institute of Oenology at the University of Bordeaux (1949) and long-time owner of the estate. We work in that tradition: each plot analysed and vinified separately, the ageing guided under control, drinking maturity checked in a blind tasting.
When the embers settle
Into a large glass at 15–16 °C, and a little time: that is how Gigue opens up to cherry, violet and white pepper.
Your evening
A wine for the table.
Dishes to pair
A selection from our recipe kitchen, matched to the structure and maturity of this wine.
Bistecca alla fiorentina – T-bone from the fire
Bœuf Bordelais – slow braised with gigue
Brasato di Silvio al Gigue – beef pot roast
Bucatini all'amatriciana
Carne de porco à alentejana, pork & clams
Confit de canard – beluga lentils & shallots
Grilled veal chop, sauce tonnata & capers
Foie de veau lyonnaise, sweet sherry glaze
The mood to match the wine
A playlist for the moment
If you are a friend of classical music, here is a playlist that may suit your evening and the character of this wine. One possibility among many; listen in, if you like.
Ageing before bottling
Not yet ready to drink
For us, a vintage is ready to drink only once an internal blind tasting declares it so. When that will be, we ourselves never know exactly.
Frequently Asked Questions · Gigue 2025
Good to know
Technical data sheet · Gigue 2025
| Wine | Gigue 2025 |
|---|---|
| Estate | LaSuite aux Conseillans |
| Origin | Saint-Caprais-de-Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France |
| Type | red wine |
| Appellation | AOC Cadillac |
| Plots and soils | predominantly gravel, with clay |
| Maturity | after an internal blind tasting |
| Viticulture | Organic-certified vineyards, HVE4 |
| Place in the Suite | Opens the reds of the Suite; “The Movement” |
| Musical reference | Robert Schumann — Gigue, Op. 32 |
| Item number | LS-GIGU-25-075 |
The vintages
Gigue through the years
Every vintage plays the same movement, each in its own key. The bar shows when a vintage opens and how long it carries; the line marks today.
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2014
Library
The earliest vintage in the series, matured in concrete.
Drinking window 2018 – 2030In the library -
2015
Library
Matured in concrete, with a small share in barrique; now in the library.
Drinking window 2021 – 2032In the library -
2016
Ready to drink
A wet spring, a dry summer and even ripening; harmonious in the glass today.
Drinking window 2024 – 2035In the library -
2018
Ready to drink
A difficult early summer, then a warm late summer: almost pure Merlot, with great concentration.
Drinking window 2026 – 2039In the library -
2019
Maturing in the cellar
A dry year with 41 degrees in July and a harvest free of rot pressure.
Drinking window 2029 – 2039View in the cellar -
2020
Maturing in the cellar
54 days without rain in summer: small berries and dense colour.
Drinking window 2027 – 2039View in the cellar -
2021
Maturing in the cellar
Frost in April, a cool summer and the first vintage from amphora.
Drinking window 2027 – 2035View in the cellar - 2022 Maturing in the cellarDrinking window 2030 – 2040View in the cellar
- 2023 Maturing in the cellarView in the cellar
- 2024 Maturing in the cellarView in the cellar
- 2025 Maturing in the cellarThis vintage
- 2026 Maturing in the cellarView in the cellar
The repertoire
The other movements of the Suite
Each cuvée has its own voice, from the rosé to the red that needs decades. In weak years we skip one entirely; that is why the repertoire is rarely complete.
We release each wine only when we would most like to drink it ourselves.Marc & Ellen Ruhland
For us, time is an ingredient.