Lastly, the 2021 Gigondas Les Hautes Garrigues is the flagship release and comes from older vines around the estate, on the lower plateau. Based on equal parts Grenache and Mourvèdre that was not destemmed and was raised in Stockinger foudres and 20% in terracotta, it has lots of wild strawberry, peppery garrigue, and leather notes to go with a juicy, lively, vibrant style on the palate. It's balanced and has the vintage’s fresher, focused style, fine tannins, and outstanding length. It's going to have 10-12 years of prime drinking and should clearly be an outstanding wine.

Bright ruby. Deeply perfumed aromas of ripe red and blue fruits, lavender, incense, licorice and exotic spices. Sweet and expansive on the palate, this wine offers lush black raspberry, boysenberry, fruitcake and allspice flavors braced by a core of juicy acidity. Shows excellent clarity and emphatic, spicy thrust on a wonderfully long, sappy finish framed by velvety, well-integrated tannins. Raised in Stockinger oak foudres and clay amphoras.

A 50-50 blend of Grenache and Mourvèdre, Santa Duc's 2021 Gigondas Les Hautes Garrigues is a terrific wine, starting with its complex scents of garrigue and crushed stone, then moving through the ripe fruit notes of purple raspberries, black cherries and plums and into the rich, creamy-textured palate. This medium to full-bodied effort is densely concentrated, with a long, gently tannic finish.