Domaine d'Aupilhac, Mont Baudile, Le Carignan 2003 Shiraz who is very much a

who is very much a Syrah fan

45- and 60-year-old vines

the 2016 Crozes Hermitage la Guiraude also is made entirely whole cluster

Nose of dark cherries

Domaine d'Aupilhac, Mont Baudile, Le Carignan 2003 Shiraz who is very much aThree generations of Fadats have farmed the large, eighteen hectare lieu dit known as Aupilhac, in the village of Montpeyroux, across the river Hrault from Daumas Gassac and Grange des Pres. While the Fadats have farmed this land since the nineteenth century, and the vineyards date even farther back to the time of the Romans, it was not until 1989 that the current member of the Fadat family, Sylvain, finally registered the domaine as a vigneron