2022 Les Routes Gigondas, Domaine des Bosquets

• Style: Structured, silky Syrah with violet and morello cherry
• Taste: Ripe dark fruit, delicate smoke, integrated tannins, remarkable freshness
• Food: Roasted lamb, braised beef, duck, aged cheese, mushroom dishes
• Occasion: Date night, gifting, cellar worthy
• Serve: 16–18°C now or age 10+ years

In the Glass — Tasting Notes

The 2022 Les Routes opens with intense violet-purple lustre. Ripe morello cherry and delicate smoke define the nose—aromatics that signal both power and restraint. On the palate, structured tannins have integrated beautifully, delivering a silky texture that belies the wine's backbone. This is what happens when a winemaker respects the vintage and trusts the vineyard.

The Winery — Domaine des Bosquets

Domaine des Bosquets has been called the Chambolle Musigny of the Rhône, home to some of the oldest Gigondas plantings. Since 2010, Julien Bréchet has steered the family domain to become one of the region's rising stars. His reputation rests on finesse: hand-harvesting at low yields, using less oak in larger barrels to let elegance shine through. The 2022 fruit comes from Les Routes, a single vineyard planted with Serine de l'Hermitage (an old Syrah clone from the Northern Rhône) on clay, sand and limestone soils at the base of the Garrigues plateau. After one of the hottest, driest summers on record, mid-August rains rescued the crop, producing wines with real freshness and structure. Aged 18 months in large-format wooden vessels, this is a triumph of balance over extraction.

At Your Table — Food Pairing & Serving

Serve this with roasted lamb, duck or aged Comté; it pairs beautifully with braised beef or mushroom-forward dishes. Vegetarian and vegan-friendly, it's drinking beautifully now but will age gracefully for another decade. This benchmark wine represents why France's Gigondas appellation commands such respect—wines with maturity and concentration, tempered by savvy restraint. One of the finest examples of Syrah & Shiraz we've found, perfect for gifting or building your cellar.