Domaine Du Fables, Gargantua, 2022 CALIFORNIA COUNT ripe dark berries and black

ripe dark berries and black pepper emerge alongside fine-grained tannins softened by aging in large oak barrels

with the potential to age gracefully over the next 5–7 years

Nicolas Gaudry's Les Champs de Cri is a single-parcel expression of this terroir — tightly wound

The oldest wine estate in Saint-Estephe

designed to age 8–10 years in the cellar

Domaine Du Fables, Gargantua, 2022 CALIFORNIA COUNT ripe dark berries and blackDomaine des Fables is Francois Gilles' tiny Alpine project, four hectares of steep slopes in Savoie's Chautagne, farmed organically and biodynamically with an eye for balance and biodiversity. If Gamabumba is the fun, gulpable Gamay, 'Les Chroniques de Gargantua' is the more serious one: 100% Gamay from 35 year old vines, given a long whole bunch maceration and aged ten months in barrel on its lees. The result is a deeper, more structured Alpine red