Famille Perrin, Gigondas 'La Gille', 2023 NO GTIN and his daughter Maria Teresa

and his daughter Maria Teresa has never wavered from it

A beautiful partner for oysters

There’s zero oak

This is golden-generation Burgundy that overdelivers for the appellation

and Chardonnay — a blend that splits the difference between Mediterranean roundness and Middle Eastern lift

Famille Perrin, Gigondas 'La Gille', 2023 NO GTIN and his daughter Maria TeresaSome of the Grenache in this Gigondas comes from pre phylloxera vines ungrafted survivors in the appellation's sandy parcels, where the louse never got a grip. La Gille is 90% Grenache with 10% Syrah, grown on northwest facing hillsides below the Dentelles de Montmirail, an exposure that preserves acidity in an appellation that can easily bake, over limestone, chalky marl, clay and safres (the crumbly local sandstone). Grapes are hand sorted and