Marie and Francois had been in search of vines in the Côtes-du-Rhône for quite some time. They discovered the 60-year-old Grenache vines of Sixte terraced on sandy soils and fell madly in love. Not only was the land rich, filled with indigenous flowers, grasses, trees, plants and herbs, but the wine was elegant and remarkable with lush, red fruit jam on the palate.
Domaine Giraud is one of the up-and-coming superstars of the appellation. The wine possesses a dark plum/ruby/purple color, copious tannins…and body, earthy, sandy, loamy soil undertones, and plenty of kirsch, pepper and lavender. This big wine reveals superb concentration and enough structure to warrant several more months of cellaring.