Gigondas, Cuvée de la Tour Sarrazine,

A wine of tremendous expression and instant impact. An explosion of complex fruit immediately floods the senses. Strapping, full bodied but the most stunningly detailed fruit to go with the structure – this is sheer autumnal joy. Tannic but not aggressive, the structure binds the complex fruits together – briar and bramble with a redder tinge of damson and Victoria plum, with liquorice spice providing background. Stunning, one of the best examples Jean-Michel has made. An unoaked blend of 70% Grenache, 15% Syrah, 15% Mourvedre from rocky, late-ripening parcels high up in the Dentelles de Montmirail.