Deep violet color. Powerful cherry and boysenberry qualities on the nose, along with suggestions of candied licorice and pungent flowers. In a weighty style, offering bitter cherry, blue fruit and dark chocolate flavors that slowly turn more lively with air. Chewy tannins add solid grip to a long, smoke- and spice-tinged finish that emphatically echoes the cherry note.

Leafy herbs, blackberries, spice box, and earth garrigue notes all emerge from the 2018 Gigondas Dentellis. It's a quality, possibly outstanding, Gigondas offering medium-bodied richness, ripe tannins, and a good finish. It's very well done.

A whisper of camphor lends a brambly, herbal tone to ripe, almost ruddy, red-plum and dried-strawberry flavors in this wine. A blend of Grenache, Syrah and Mourvèdre matured 12 months in seasoned, neutral foudres, it's opulently textured but freshly balanced, framed by fine-grained, persistent tannins. Best now-2030.

The 2018 Gigondas Dentellis-a blend of 85% Grenache and 15% Syrah-ages in a mix of foudres and demi-muids. Espresso, black olive and even hints of pumpernickel and chocolate give this a decidedly dark flavor profile. It's full-bodied and concentrated, giving the impression of density on the mid-palate, then finishes with decent acidity.