A phenomenal value and a wine you should fill the cellar with, the 2007 Domaine Saint-Damien Gigondas Vieilles Vignes is a tank aged blend of 80% Grenache and 20% Mourvèdre that’s from the estate’s youngest vines (a mere 40 to 50 year-old vines.) Serious stuff, it exhibits gorgeously complex, almost gamey, aromas of licorice infused plum and blackberry fruit that’s intermixed with wild herb, saddle leather, exotic spices, and serious background minerality and dusty stone notes. Rich and full on the palate, with a more open, fleshy profile than its two other siblings, this is full bodied with a rich, mouth coating texture, loads of depth and concentration, and a long finish that highlights sweet fruit and solid, chewy tannin. While the most approachable in the lineup, this should easily have 15+ years of prime drinking.