Domaine Brusset

The broken crags of Les Dentelles de Montmirail form a dramatic, gap-toothed backdrop to some of the finest vineyards of Gigondas. Steeply terraced, low-yielding and back-breaking to work, they simply wouldn’t be worth cultivating if they didn’t produce great wine. Thankfully, in cuvées such as Laurent Brusset’s Le Grand Montmirail and Les Hauts de Montmirail, these south-facing terraces prove all that trouble worthwhile. The presence of a decent amount of Mourvèdre in the Brusset vineyards also gives an understated power and backbone that goes beyond typical Gigondas.