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| Community Tasting Notes (average 92.5 pts. and median of 93 pts. in 31 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by Caruso on 10/8/2021 & rated 95 points: Garnet with orange rim and even a very slight amber hue. This bottle was stored under textbook conditions since release. From the start a lovely nose of dark fruits, raspberries, game, herbs, earthy notes. The tannins are still here of course and still a bit drying. During 5 hours from the opened bottle, there is nothing falling apart or so. So there are some years to go for perfect cellared examples, I guess. But there is nothing to gain, but a lot to loose. So keep an eye on the evolution of your bottles. My advice is to drink it up in the near term anyway. This was my last bottle. 5/14/18/8. -2025? (959 views) | | | Tasted by Caruso on 8/31/2018 & rated 95 points: Given the age of this wine the colour of it is astounding. Ruby with only slight orange hue at the rim. While the nose is not that intense, but complex with aromas of garrigue, cherries, dark fruits, on the palate it is a real knock out. Intense, but also fine, with additional hints of incense, dark cherry fruit und forest floor. The tannin is ripe, smooth and has low level and the wine has good length. The 14,6 % alc. are completely hidden. With time it even gains in intensity and gets additional notes of coffee and tobacco. I had this wine multiple times in the last 15 years, rating from 94 to 95, but this time it shows itself probably better than ever. Nevertheless I don't believe in a decade or more of positive evolution. Well stored examples should have a magical peak now. If you have multiple bottles in your cellar, try them and have a close look at the evolution over the next years. 5/13/19/8. 96 points from the WA (Jeb Dunnuck in 2016) -2023+? (1952 views) | | | Tasted by Pebben on 6/22/2014 & rated 94 points: Consistent with previous note – amazingly vibrant after nearly 20 years – this particular bottle would easily have held up for another 10. (3966 views) | | | Tasted by Zweder on 6/12/2014 & rated 92 points: UWS (@ JB): Beautiful bouquet with garrigue and pleasant barnyard. On the palate ripe red fruits, some chocolate, beautiful acidity and pleasant sweetness. Completely dissolved tannin and integrated oak. A beautiful and lush wine still. Really lovely to taste this again! At its peak now and I wouldn't wait too long before drinking this wine if I had any bottles left. (4230 views) | | | Tasted by godx on 3/16/2013 & rated 88 points: Casual evening at Bill's (Vancouver, BC): Tasted blind – Riper nose with white pepper and dark roasted fruits. Fairly extracted on the palate with more dark fruits and a little bit of heat creeping through on the finish. Tannins are firm and drying with average acidity. Drinking well now. Very good. (5287 views) | | | Tasted by David J Cooper on 10/5/2012 flawed bottle: Corked. lightly but enough to ruin the wine. (3979 views) | | | Tasted by David J Cooper on 10/5/2012 & rated 90 points: Second bottle. Light medium red. Very nice nose of blackberries, earth, spice and some light red cherry. The nose darkens a bit and becomes riper as it sits in the bottle. Nice balanced flavours and a fairly resolved finish. Not the ripe monster other bottles have been. (4656 views) | | | Tasted by Pebben on 9/16/2012 & rated 94 points: From memory: Absolutely stunning! Lovely mature bouquet with hints of ripe red berries, smoky herbs, leather, sweet tobacco and gentle oak spice. Silky smooth, dense and concentrated. Prime drinking at the moment, but will keep for several more years. Definitely on my top three list so far this year. Fortunately one bottle left. (2249 views) | | | Tasted by Zweder on 8/7/2012 & rated 91 points: Beautiful and mature bouquet with red fruits and sweet spices like cinnamon. On the palate salty licorice, still some dark fruits, garrigue, good acidity and still firm tannin. The wine is completely ready now, but no problem to keep it until 2014. (2239 views) | | | Tasted by nwinther on 7/31/2012 & rated 93 points: Colour starting to go brick red in the rim, but otherwise thick and oily. Nose and palate just amazing. Not the 95 points Parker made it to be, but definitely a great wine. Drink now. (1792 views) | | | Tasted by David J Cooper on 6/7/2012 & rated 90 points: Very dark red. Even though this wine is so dark and the nose so huge it still shows Grenache in the nose. Roasted plums, black raspberry and some garrigues. Very tight dark fruit flavours. Quite extracted. Atypical Gigondas. (1412 views) | | | Tasted by godx on 6/1/2012 & rated 88 points: Bill's Monthly Lunch - June 2012 (Vancouver, BC): Tasted Blind – Slightly warm on the nose with ripe, roasted and dark fruits dominate with traces of spice. In the mouth the fruit is extracted and showing some heat. There decent acidity along with drying and slightly firm tannins. This is an intense, extracted wine with a lush mouthful. This was quite good but I think others liked it more than I did. Very good. (1863 views) | | | Tasted by rnellans on 1/28/2012 & rated 92 points: Dark fruits and garrigue...Nice fruit, lush mouthfeel...nice. (1631 views) | | | Tasted by Hodby on 9/20/2011 & rated 90 points: Dark purple-red. Huge grape-y nose, of very ripe fruit and strong garrigue, with added complexity of horsehair, damp paper mustiness, mushroom. Medium-high tannin, medium acidity. Combining an almost new world gooey fruitiness with some gamey flavor true to area and some winemaking mistakes of musty barrel notes as well, this is a big wine to consider. Finishes increasingly tannic as the evening progressed, which ultimately compromises use at the table within an hour with all but the biggest spices and foods. Perhaps useful with chili cook-off and bbq pitmaster event fare, but with any foods lacking adequate counterpunch to the structure and mustiness here, it's one tiring drink. Bottle #2 of two. (1904 views) | | | Tasted by dcwino on 12/12/2010 & rated 97 points: 12/11/2010 rated 97 points: From November 23,2004, over six years ago,
It is still opaque no sign of aging. The nose is unbelievable, it explode, so much of everything packed in here, Kalamata olive, lavender, cassis, blueberry jam, rosemary, fruit cake, balsamic vinegar, dark chocolate. The wine has unbelievable concentration yet not heavy due to great balance. It is very unctuous wine with sexy silky texture. The wine got sweeter and sweeter and denser and denser. It sort of has bit of Clape Cornas, La La and may I dare say 1961 La Chapelle in it. It really is close to perfection 100!. This wine was excellent from the beginning and it is improving exponentially. Great QPR at $32 with 20% case discount.
Now December 2010
It is still a dark wine. The fruit note is dark and dry, dry cherry and raisin, cassis, balsamic vinegar, cocoa, chocolate, molasses, wild flower, dry herbs, very dark liquor like a la Dom Benedictine of old Ximenez and vanilla perhaps coming from new oak. It still possesses excellent concentration like 10W40, noticeable acidity and silky palate. The high alcohol is not noticeable so Bob may be right about the integration of alcohol in the 07 CDPs. The wine’s garrique component resembles CDP for sure. The wine finishes with sandy tannin perhaps coming from the new oak treatment. It is a very complex dark sweet fruit driven wine.
I jot down a number of descriptors then subsequently check for my old TN. The resemblance is uncanny, perhaps a bit more complex, no longer showing primary fruits, silkier and one drawback noticeable tannin. It is a perfect match for roasted venison or any other games. Bob and Bob, I thank you for this one. (2510 views) | | | Tasted by Zweder on 8/17/2010 & rated 94 points: Wow! This is great stuff! Complex and mature bouquet with dark fruit and well dosed oak and garrigue. Same on the palate. Full bodied, silky soft tannin. A completely harmonious and elegant wine. A real beauty now. Will not improve, but will probably stay on this level for years. (2184 views) | | | Tasted by David J Cooper on 11/8/2009: Dark red. Jammy, roasted plum nose with a hint of green (garrigue?). Slight prune flavours with some earth and lots of length and concentration. Should keep improving for a while yet. (2379 views) | | | Tasted by winesnout on 1/16/2009 & rated 95 points: Deep black color. Terrific nose that reminds me of an Amarone with its power. Massive and rich but despite 15% plus alcohol it is surprisingly well-balanced. Great concentration, round and soft tannins. Perfect now but will last for another decade. Tasted twice in December 2008 and Jan. 2009 with consistent notes. Bravo! (2717 views) | | | Tasted by David J Cooper on 11/17/2008: Dark red. Lots of grenache fuit on this 13 year old wine. Very elegant compared to the 97 Ste Cosme. Very nice. (2566 views) | | | Tasted by the godfather on 5/18/2008 & rated 94 points: definitely the best gigondas I have tasted, very youthful, packed ewith fruit and a ton of white pepper. (2723 views) | | | Tasted by CamWheeler on 4/13/2008 & rated 87 points: Meaty, graphite, blackberry and brambly aromas. The palate shows strong tannins but is otherwise quite restrained. If the intense tannins subside with time then this will take a step up to be great. (2769 views) | | | Tasted by David J Cooper on 2/21/2008: Lighter then the Valbelle but only a bit. Cherries and oak. Then cherries, tomatoes and minty chocolate. Great flavours and a long finish. Excellent. (2749 views) | | | Tasted by IanAltman on 10/21/2007 & rated 95 points: AFter two corked bottles, what a pleasure to experience this wine! It was an incredible example of what Gigondas can be. It still had the better part of a decade of strength left in the bottle. But, it is drinking GREAT now. (2747 views) | | | Tasted by Pknut on 10/20/2007: When first opened, this wine was all dirt and dried leaves and I though that my recently-arrived bottles were heat damaged. Twenty four hours later, the fruit emerged: plum skin, plums and cherry compote, still some dried leaves, and hearty acidity. With a few more hours of air, a molasses/whisky barrel component emerged, perhaps the oak still needs more time, and judging from the still-prominent acids, perhaps this wine overall needs a few more years. Interesting evolution. Judgment reserved until I try another bottle. (2927 views) | | | Tasted by IanAltman on 12/26/2006 & rated 95 points: Enjoyed with Barry and Caren at Mie N Yu (3232 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
| Domaine Santa Duc Producer website - Read More about Santa DucRed Rhone Blend Read about the different grapes used to produce red and white Rhone wines
On CellarTracker, Red Rhone Blend is the term for a wine consisting of two or more of the traditional 13 Southern Rhone grape varieties. Typically it's the Grenache, Syrah, Mourvedre or Cinsault grapes, but can also contain the Muscardin, Counoise, Clairette, Bourboulenc, Picpoul, Roussanne, Terret Noir, Picardan or Vaccarese grapes.
A 'food' wine. Lacking pretension and intended for local consumption with local cuisine. Lacks the 'high' notes on a Bordeaux, more earthy and sharper so often a better partner to meat dishes with a sauce. Prestige des Hautes GarriguesThis is the prestive Cuvée of Domaine Santa Ducs Gigondas-wines and is made in exceptional vintages only. The Hautes Garrigues is a single vineyard in Gigondas. Details on weinlagen-infoFrance Vins de France (Office National Interprofessionnel des Vins ) | Pages Vins, Directory of French Winegrowers | French Wine (Wikipedia)
Wine Scholar Guild vintage ratings
2018 vintage: "marked by a wet spring, a superb summer and a good harvest"
2019 vintage reports
2021: "From a general standpoint, whether for white, rosé or red wines, 2021 is a year marked by quality in the Rhône Valley Vineyards. Structured, elegant, fresh and fruity will be the main keywords for this new vintage."
2022 harvest: idealwine.info | wine-searcher.comRhône Guide to the wines, wineries and appellations in the Rhone Valley The Rhône Valley/Le Vins de la Vallée du Rhône (Comité Interprofession des vins AOC Côtes et vallée du Rhône)
### Wine Scholar Guild's Rhône valley vintage charts & ratings ###Southern Rhône Guide to the wines, wineries and appellations in the Southern Rhone Valley
Gigondas Gigondas: La Vinaltude
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