2009 | Domaine Santa Duc | Gigondas Les Hautes Garrigues

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Red Wine: 2009 | Domaine Santa Duc | Gigondas Les Hautes Garrigues

The wines that come from these parcels are profound and serious, with spicy, liquorice notes and chewy tannins which give them extraordinary cellaring capacity.

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Producer: Domaine Santa Duc

Ratings: WA | 96

Vintage: 2009

Size: 750ml

ABV: 15.5%

Varietal: Grenache, Mourvedre

Country/Region: France, Rhone

The wines that come from these parcels are profound and serious, with spicy, liquorice notes and chewy tannins which give them extraordinary cellaring capacity.

Reviews:

• Wine Advocate: A big, rich and massively endowed wine is the 2009 Gigondas Prestigue des Hautes Garrigues. About as hedonistic as Gigondas gets, with overflowing notes of cassis, black raspberries, garrigue and spice, it hits the palate with full-bodied richness, sweet, sweet tannin and a stacked mid-palate.

Producer Information

Domaine Santa Duc is a Rhône Valley wine producer with vineyard holdings in Gigondas, Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Vacqueyras and Vaucluse, as well as several villages in the Côtes du Rhône appellation. These vineyards are devoted to the the domaine’s four core grape varieties: Grenache, Mourvèdre, Syrah and Cinsaut. The domaine was founded in Gigondas in 1874, and takes its name from the the Grand-duc owl. Today, Domaine Santa Duc is farmed using organic viticultural practices in order to safeguard the domaine’s unique biodiversity. The majority of the domaine’s vineyards are still located in Gigondas, producing a range of cuvées. The top wine from this AOC is the Les Hautes Garrigues, sourced from a plot of old Grenache and Mourvèdre vines situated in the Hautes Garrigues. It spends approximately 18 months barrel-aging in new oak and is only produced in excellent vintage years. Domaine Santa Duc produces a range of Châteauneuf-du-Pape wines, including the La Crau Ouest wine, sourced from 80-year-old Grenache vines; and Habemus Papam and Les Saintes Vierges, both blends of Grenache, Mourvèdre and Counoise. The domaine’s Châteauneuf-du-Pape vineyards are all harvested by hand and the resultant wines aged for approximately 18 months. The Côtes du Rhône Villages vineyards are planted in Roaix, Sablet and Seguret. These vineyards are the source of numerous red, rosé and white wines, including the domaine’s Les Quatres Terres Côtes du Rhône and its Les Plans IGP Vaucluse.