2021 Le Plateau Gigondas, Domaine des Bosquets

• Style: Refined Southern Rhône red, mineral-driven Mourvèdre
• Taste: Dried florals, blackcurrant, white pepper, supple tannins
• Food: Roasted lamb, beef stew, game, mushroom dishes
• Occasion: Date night, gifting, cellar worthy
• Serve: 14–16°C, now or cellared 10 years

In the Glass — Tasting Notes

Le Plateau opens with dried florals—lavender and rose petal—layered over blackcurrant and earth, finished with a white-pepper snap. The palate delivers ripe tannins and considerable depth without jammy excess. At 14.5% alcohol, the wine drinks with a suppleness that conceals its backbone, inviting slow attention. This is old-vine Mourvèdre grown at altitude on north-facing slopes below the Dentelles de Montmirail, where cool nights preserve a tension that lifts the fruit into something far more refined than typical Southern Rhône intensity.

The Winery — Domaine des Bosquets

Home to Gigondas's earliest plantings, Domaine des Bosquets has been reshaped by Julien Bréchet since 2010 into one of the appellation's rising stars. Known for wines of finesse rather than power, Julien hand-picks earlier than tradition and favours larger, older barrels to let elegance shine through. The 2021 Le Plateau—a single hectare of blue marl and limestone co-planted with Grenache, Syrah and Cinsault—was aged eighteen months in three old demi-muids. Despite early frost pressure across the region, the vintage delivered lower alcohol and the supple structure that defines this producer's philosophy.

At Your Table — Food Pairing & Serving

Roasted lamb, beef stew, and mushroom-dark game dishes are where Le Plateau's mineral core and ripe tannins find their footing. This is a wine for unhurried meals and thoughtful company—pour it at 14–16°C and let it breathe. Vegan-certified and drinking beautifully now, it rewards cellaring over the next decade for those who recognise that intensity and restraint can inhabit the same glass. Discover why the finest France's Rhône red wines speak to those who understand true refinement.