Several important vineyard sites form this Gigondas, including Gour de Chaulé, Les Blaches, and Les Bousquets. The Grenache vines average well over a half century in age, with yields kept low. After fermentation the wine is racked into large oak “foudres” after malo where it stays for approximately 18 months, being bottled - unfined and unfiltered - three years after harvest. The resulting wine is sturdy, braced with sweet, dusty tannins, and is intensely aromatic with notes of crushed white pepper, oriental spices and game.