Winery: Pesquier
Region: Rhone - Sud (Southern Rhone)
Locale: Gigondas, France
Appellation:  Cotes du Rhone
Designation: AOC

Site: Far and away the smallest part of the winery’s production, from about 2 Ha of vines averaging 45 years from estate vineyards in the valleys around Gigondas.

Grapes: 70% Grenache, 20% Mourvedre, with equal remaining parts Carignan and Cinsault

Fermentation and Aging: Destemmed, cold soak, vinified in stainless steel. Aged entirely in stainless steel until being bottled about a year after the vintage.

Notes: Only about 7,000 bottles produced, and a very fine Côtes du Rhône. Amazing purity of expression and intense, dark fruits with fantastic perfumed nose.

Vintage: 2010