2019 Gigondas Cuvée Le Lieu Dit Domaine des Bosquets Magnum

The 2019 Gigondas Le Lieu Dit should be brilliant, and I’d wager up with the top wines in the vintage. This is always one of the more elegant and Burgundian wines from Julien but the 2019 doesn’t lack fruit or richness, offering loads of black raspberry and spring flower aromatics, full-bodied richness, ripe tannins, and a great finish. It’s a head-turning barrel sample that you should buy.

Bold raspberry and black cherry aromas are laced with Campari-like spice on the nose of the stunning 2019 Gigondas Le Lieu Dit, which comes from a sandy, southwest-facing parcel that is consistently among the last plots on the estate to be harvested. Full-bodied and velvety in texture, this is a rich, tannic (but ripe) example of Grenache that should be capable of aging well for close to two decades.