Domaine de la Bouïssière Gigondas La Font de Tonin 2021
Domaine de la Bouïssière
The Faravel family farms old Grenache vines on the clay-limestone slopes beneath the Dentelles, and their La Font de Tonin cuvée captures the best of Gigondas: power with elegance, fruit with earth. This 2021 is drinking well now but will reward five to eight years of patience.
Kit Aromas
Nose
Intense dark berry fruit — blackcurrant and black cherry — dominates, with violet florals and dried garrigue herbs adding complexity. A subtle cedar note appears with air.
Palate
Full-bodied and structured, with ripe cherry and blackcurrant fruit supported by fine-grained tannins. Mid-palate introduces a toasted quality and hints of green herbs — thyme and rosemary. The texture is velvety but never heavy.
Finish
Long and savory, with cedar, black fruit, and a mineral-driven persistence that speaks to the Dentelles de Montmirail terroir.
- Varietal
- Grenache
- Blend
- 80% Grenache, 15% Syrah, 5% Mourvèdre
- Vineyards
- La Font de Tonin lieu-dit, Dentelles de Montmirail, clay-limestone soils
- Alcohol
- 14.5%
- Organic / Biodynamic
- No
Food Pairing
The wine's garrigue-inflected dark fruit and savory tannins dovetail with slow-braised lamb, where the herbes de Provence seasoning echoes the aromatic scrubland that surrounds the vineyard.
Brothers Thierry and Daniel Faravel farm 25 hectares of old-vine Grenache, Syrah, and Mourvèdre on the rocky clay-limestone terraces of the Dentelles de Montmirail, producing some of Gigondas's most age-worthy reds.
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