Domaine du Cayron Gigondas 2020
Domaine du Cayron
The Faravel family has worked these Gigondas vineyards by hand for generations, and their refusal to modernize yields a wine that tastes like the hillside itself. The 2020 vintage shows ripe, generous fruit tempered by the Dentelles de Montmirail's limestone influence. This is old-school Southern Rhône at its most honest.
Kit Aromas
Nose
Ripe black cherry and crushed violets rise first, followed by dried garrigue herbs and a gentle meatiness. Behind the fruit sits a rocky, stony minerality and a hint of black pepper.
Palate
Full and generous, with dark berry fruit coating the mouth before firm tannins and a cedar-laced structure emerge. There is a wild, almost gamey quality underneath the fruit — lavender and thyme hovering at the edges — giving this wine a sense of place that is unmistakable.
Finish
Long and earthy, with cherry, cedar, and a fading floral note that lingers beautifully.
- Varietal
- Grenache
- Blend
- Grenache (approximately 70%), Syrah, Mourvèdre, Cinsault
- Vineyards
- Estate vineyards in Gigondas AOC, limestone and clay soils at the foot of the Dentelles de Montmirail
- Alcohol
- 14.5%
- Organic / Biodynamic
- No
Food Pairing
Slow-braised lamb shoulder with herbes de Provence and roasted root vegetables
The Faravel family has tended their Gigondas vines at the foot of the Dentelles de Montmirail since the 1840s, farming by hand without irrigation and vinifying in concrete tanks with native yeasts.
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