2023 Gigondas "Le Claux", Château de Saint Cosme
The terroir from the Le Claux vineyard is Miocene limestone marl on the Font des Papes alluvial fan. It is a bold and quite muscular wine that shows more dark fruit character, brooding violet notes, with a real drive of focus through the palate. This is spicy with notes of tobacco, wild herbs and blackberry that mesh together so finely on the finish.