2018 Domaine Santa Duc Gigondas Les Hautes Garrigues

Community Tasting Notes (12) Avg Score: 92.4 points

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  2/6/2024 - Gotrhones wrote: 96 Points

  Absolutely delicious - riper, but not over the top. Seamless tannins, ripe, dark color, notes of ripe strawberry, blood orange, white pepper. Loved by all who tasted. Truly a hedonistic delight and exactly what one wants from this great Gigondas producer.

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  1/5/2024 - VAGenius Likes this wine: 94 Points

  60 minute decant. Nose of spiced cherries, mace, and a hint of sandalwood. Unusual palate of sweet raspberry, bright cherry intermixed with intense incense and exotic spices, showing plenty of verve before a hint of raw meat shows itself. Smoky meats on the finish with dark raspberry, black plum, Earl Gray tea, and rose petals.

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  11/18/2023 - drwine2001 wrote:

  Full ruby. Forward fruit and herb aromas. Full bodied, fleshy wine but not overly goopy. Rich, ripe blackberry and dark cherry fruit complicated by garrigue. Still reasonably lively due to very good acidity, round tannic structure. Young but very approachable due to the depth and volume of fruit.

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  1/12/2023 - PghMike Likes this wine: 92 Points

  A rare gigondas for me. Nose of cherry lozenges, dried cranberries and sage. A little warmth on the palate. Moderate length on the finish. For a warm vintage with a little warmth on the palate this is surprisingly (at least to me) rustic versus ripe. Very herbal on the palate with cinnamon spice, clove and black currant. Very present dusty tannins and higher acidity than most Grenach blends.

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  10/14/2022 - adamanko wrote: 94 Points

  Ticks all boxes with me. Elegant, nuanced and herbal. Having one more makes me happy. Will it benefit from cellaring? I don't know and I won't find out. :) 94-95.

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