Gigondas <span class='vintage woocommerce_product_title'>2021</span>

Laurus
Gigondas 2021

AOP Gigondas Red

Awards

90 pts Wine Enthusiast 05/2025

Tasting

Intense garnet colour, earthy red. Expressive nose with notes of blackcurrant, garrigue and cedar. Structured and full-bodied on the palate, with good length. Persistent finish with spicy, elegant and warm flavours. (Tasted on 27/02/2026).

Food & wine pairings

Enjoy it with confit beef cheek, green lentils served with beef shank, or ratatouille.

Detailed information

Vintage

The year 2021 brought its share of climatic events: frost, rain – too much or too little – and moderate sunshine. An eventful vintage that delivered some pleasant surprises, with a smaller-than-expected drop in volumes, good balance and well-controlled degrees. The wines are remarkably elegant, revealing pure expressive fruit, and silky-smooth tannins, with beautiful fruit notes.

Grape varieties

55% Grenache, 45% Syrah

Terroir

The Grenache vines are planted in the gravelly terraces bordering the Ouvèze river (Quaternary Period) in the western part of the appellation which provides richness, fruit and spicy notes. The Syrah vines are located in the ‘Pourra’ sector, in the heart of the Dentelles de Montmirail mountains. This is the eastern part of the appellation where the soil is primarily limestone and marl from the Cretaceous Period at around 400 m. in altitude, providing freshness and minerality.

Winemaking

Entirely manual harvest around September 15th with full destemming and crushing. Fermentation temperatures were maintained around 30°C, with 28 days of maceration. 50% of the cuvée is matured in new, 1-year-old and 2-years-old 275lt French oak Laurus barrels for 13 months.
Bottled on June 23rd, 2023 : 6 238 bottles and 196 magnums produced.

Service

Best served between 13 and 15°C, open ideally 1 hour before tasting
Optimum maturity: 2026 – 2032

Degree of alcohol

13,5% vol.

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Laurus

Laurus means ‘Laurel’ in Latin, a Roman symbol of excellence. Here excellence is all about “terroir”: the grapes are grown on parcels selected for their ability to express the very best of each Appellation.

The term “terroir” encompasses a soil, a climate and people. Here it is expressed through sustainable partnerships with wine-growers who share our vision. The perfect combination of grape variey & soil, the precise maturing process in unique 275l. French oak "Laurus" barrels refines the structure, producing complex wines, with plenty of character, beautiful elegance and a long ageing potential.