Gigondas is a small appellation that sits inside the broader Cotes du Rhone appellation - it is famous for producing exceptional grenache dominant red blends, the best of which go toe-to-toe with Rhone powerhouse Chateuneuf du Pape. The Domaine des Bosquets ‘Le Plateau’ is, first and foremost, a commanding wine. It is richly fruited, baked (but not stewy) red fruits and deeply ripe toover ripe black currant, brample and blood plum. Clove and fennel mix with tobacco and wet earth to round out what is a distinctly powerful wine. It has had enough down-time to find itself in the right drinking spot, but there’s no rush, you’ve easily got ten years to drink this (and that’s conservatively - my gut says anytime before 2040).