La Reserve Saint Dominique Gigondas ’23

92-94 Points, Jeb Dunnuck

This comes from an exceptional boutique winery in the southern Rhone who is consistently churning out insane values from their Cotes du Rhone to their Rasteau to their Gigondas and more. But the new 2023 Gigondas is completely striking – it’s the kind of wine that pulls you in quickly and doesn’t let go. A 80% Grenache, 10% Mourvedre and 10% Syrah blend, this is a beautiful, big jammy wine that shines with blackberries, strawberries and red licorice that give way to some black olives and baking spice. Jeb Dunnuck went nuts for it, giving it a 94-point review which he started emphatically by declaring “I loved the 2023 Gigondas, a ripe, sweetly fruited, sexy, yet elegant Gigondas.”