Domaine La Bouissiere 2019 Gigondas, Rhone

Gilles and Thierry Fravel produce one of our most popular wines from this respected appellation (achieving appellation status, like Chateauneuf-du-Pape, in 1971).  I took one sniff of this vintage and was happily reminded why I’ve always been attracted to this wine.  It is a serious dry wine, which will need salty and fatty foods to bring out the fruit which is lurking behind a berm of tannins.  There is a serious demeanor in this estate’s 2019.