Domaine Anne Gros & Jean-Paul Tollot La Ciaude Minervois Cazelles 2021

Domaine Anne Gros & Jean-Paul Tollot La Ciaude Minervois Cazelles 2021

Based in the Minervois-La Livinière subregion of the Languedoc, this cuvée is a collaboration between Burgundy icons Anne Gros and Jean-Paul Tollot, blending Carignan, Syrah, and Grenache from old vines rooted in limestone and clay soils. The 2021 vintage exhibits a refined, structural elegance reminiscent of its producers' Burgundian heritage, balancing intense aromas of ripe black cherries, wild garrigue herbs, and white pepper with a vibrant, chalky acidity. On the palate, the wine delivers a medium-to-full body with fine-grained, smooth tannins and a distinct mineral precision, offering a fresh, non-jammy expression of southern French terroir that drinks beautifully now but possesses the balance to cellar for several years.