2019 Domaine Gauby Les Calcinaires Rouge, Rousillon, France Worlds Apart The dried botanicals like lemon

The dried botanicals like lemon balm

Typical Franconian white varieties coming together

which Bagnol acquired in 2018: eight hectares of old vines in the most well-regarded sector of the appellation

From exclusively Class A parcels (Serra Douro and Castelos) totaling 9 hectares on poor schist soils—the vines are 50 years or older

2019 Domaine Gauby Les Calcinaires Rouge, Rousillon, France Worlds Apart The dried botanicals like lemonBiodynamic. Mourvedre, Syrah, Grenache, Carignan. High character bouquet full of wild red berries and resinous herbs. Medium bodied, with lively fruit tinged with tangy plum, earthy minerals, and unusually fresh acidity for a wine from so far south. An elegant yet quite powerful wine with distinct personality.