Grapes: 70% Grenache, 15% Mourvedre and 15% Syrah

A former Parisian fireman, and now the mayor of Gigondas (no joke!), Eric Ughetto took over the family’s vineyards in the early 1990s.  Later, his wife, Sophie, joined him and they made their first estate wine with the 2000 harvest.  A small estate with only 15 hectares (a little over 35 acres), it is operated almost entirely by this husband and wife team. 

This beauty highlights everything that’s refined and powerful and powerful about Gigondas. Its blend of terroirs reflect the nuances of the limestone slope, but it’s the gentle handiwork of vignerorn Eric Uhgetto—both in vineyard and cellar—that provides this wine its unusual elegance from what are highly traditional winemaking techniques. The wine offers classic aromas of licorice, garrigue (lavender, thyme, rosemary and sometimes juniper), and forest floor over a deep core of cool black fruits and ripe griotte (wild cherry).