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2019 Domaine Santa Duc Aux Lieux-Dits Gigondas
Everyone knows Châteauneuf-du-Pape. Fewer know that just up the road, in the shadow of the jagged limestone peaks called the Dentelles de Montmirail, sits Gigondas, making Rhône reds of the same power and pedigree for a fraction of the fame and the price. And few estates do Gigondas better than Santa Duc. Founded in 1874 and farmed by the same family for six generations, Santa Duc helped put Gigondas on the map. Today it's run by Benjamin Gras, who trained at Domaine de la Romanée-Conti before …
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Eight distinct named plots
Strict biodynamic farming
Wine Spectator: 94
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Tasting notes
Aroma
Blackberry and black cherry, cracked pepper, and garrigue herbs, with floral notes, a hint of smoked meat, and stony minerality.
Palate
Rich yet fresh, medium to full-bodied, with dark and red fruit, fine tannins, bright acidity, and a long, peppery, saline finish.
Red Wine Body Profile
Light
Bold
Body Profile
Structured
65/100 Intensity
Light
Bold
65.0/100
Feather-light
Delicate
Lifted
Structured
Deep
Grapes
75% Grenache, 13% Mourvedre, 10% Syrah, 2% Cinsault
ABV
14.0%
Serving
55–60°F
Window
2025–2065
In Detail
A Grenache-led 2019 Gigondas from eight vineyard plots
Everyone knows Châteauneuf-du-Pape. Fewer know that just up the road, in the shadow of the jagged limestone peaks called the Dentelles de Montmirail, sits Gigondas, making Rhône reds of the same power and pedigree for a fraction of the fame and the price. And few estates do Gigondas better than Santa Duc.
Founded in 1874 and farmed by the same family for six generations, Santa Duc helped put Gigondas on the map. Today it's run by Benjamin Gras, who trained at Domaine de la Romanée-Conti before coming home, and the whole estate is certified organic and biodynamic. Critics mention its wines in the same breath as Château Rayas for purity and balance.
Aux Lieux-Dits is their signature Gigondas, blended from eight different vineyard plots, Grenache-led, with Mourvèdre, Syrah, and a touch of Cinsault, aged gently in big neutral casks and clay amphorae. It's everything great Gigondas should be: rich and generous, yet fresh and precise, with blackberry, black cherry, cracked pepper, garrigue herbs, and a stony, almost salty minerality. Wine Spectator scored the 2019 a 94, and it will cellar for fifteen years.
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