2020 | Domaine Santa Duc | Gigondas Aux Lieux-Dits

This has seamless integration to the rooibos tea, plum cake and crushed cherry flavors, which are all cut through with a smoldering iron underpinning. Plush and silky on the palate, with supple tannins providing the gentle framework to keep this graceful. Closes out with a meaty, mesquite smoke note.

Reviews:

• Wine Enthusiast: Freshly cut Gala apple, green pear, Bing cherries, dried cranberries and black plum mingle with savory aromas of fresh bacon, black olives and rose in the glass. The palate is decadently alluring and perfectly mirrors the pure fruit core with beautiful poise, and lingers well through its long finish.

• James Suckling: Deep nose of red fruits with subtle aromas of dry earth and spice. Rich and suave on the generous palate where the dense fine tannins are already beautifully integrated. Very long velvety finish which has a remarkably delicacy. A cuvee of eight separate plots on the high plain of Gigondas.

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.

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