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2009 Domaine Santa Duc Gigondas les Hautes Garrigues Cuvee Prestige

Proprietary Blend: 750ml

$59.99

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points awarded:
RR 96 WA 96

96 points,

Rhone Report, The, September 2011

Quite possibly the wine of the vintage, the brilliant 2009 Domaine Santa Duc Gigondas Prestige des Hautes Garrigues is a blend of 80% Grenache, 15% Mourvèdre, 3% Syrah, and 2% Cinsault that's aged for 2 years in a combination of French oak barrels and foudre. Sporting an inky red/blood color to go with thrilling aromas charred earth, garrigue, licorice, and smoked meat, as well as beautifully ripe dark fruit, this full-bodied, seriously concentrated Gigondas has a layered, textured mid-palate, fantastic freshness, and a structured, age-worthy core. Give bottles 3-5 years in the cellar, and then drink over the following 15 years.


96 points,

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, October 2011

A true whopper, and one of the great examples I have tasted from Yves Gras is his 2009 Gigondas Prestige Les Hautes Garrigues. It possesses 16.5% natural alcohol, and the level of concentration is remarkable. Inky purple to the rim, this wine, which is aged 20% in new oak casks and the rest in older wood and foudres, has a stunning nose of lead pencil shavings, incense, camphor, barbecue smoke, blackberry, cassis and kirsch. Its smorgasbord of aromas follow through in the mouth. A blend of 80% Grenache and 20% Mourvedre, with ripe Mourvedre giving structure and a meaty complexity to the wine, this is a massive Gigondas that will hit its stride in 2-3 years, and last for two decades. I am not exaggerating its aging potential, as I still have bottles of the 1989 Prestige Les Hautes Garrigues that are fully mature, but gorgeous.


96 points,

Rhone Report, The, September 2011

Quite possibly the wine of the vintage, the brilliant 2009 Domaine Santa Duc Gigondas Prestige des Hautes Garrigues is a blend of 80% Grenache, 15% Mourvèdre, 3% Syrah, and 2% Cinsault that's aged for 2 years in a combination of French oak barrels and foudre. Sporting an inky red/blood color to go with thrilling aromas charred earth, garrigue, licorice, and smoked meat, as well as beautifully ripe dark fruit, this full-bodied, seriously concentrated Gigondas has a layered, textured mid-palate, fantastic freshness, and a structured, age-worthy core. Give bottles 3-5 years in the cellar, and then drink over the following 15 years.


96 points,

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, October 2011

A true whopper, and one of the great examples I have tasted from Yves Gras is his 2009 Gigondas Prestige Les Hautes Garrigues. It possesses 16.5% natural alcohol, and the level of concentration is remarkable. Inky purple to the rim, this wine, which is aged 20% in new oak casks and the rest in older wood and foudres, has a stunning nose of lead pencil shavings, incense, camphor, barbecue smoke, blackberry, cassis and kirsch. Its smorgasbord of aromas follow through in the mouth. A blend of 80% Grenache and 20% Mourvedre, with ripe Mourvedre giving structure and a meaty complexity to the wine, this is a massive Gigondas that will hit its stride in 2-3 years, and last for two decades. I am not exaggerating its aging potential, as I still have bottles of the 1989 Prestige Les Hautes Garrigues that are fully mature, but gorgeous.


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