Santa Duc Aux Lieu Dit Gigondas 2021

WINERY NOTES:

OVERVIEW: “This wine reflects all our vineyards in Gigondas. Its character is drawn from eight different places, expressed through four Rhone grape varieties, each one of  them bringing its personality and complementarity, contributing to the overall picture.”

VARIETIES: “75% Grenache, 10% Syrah, 13% Mourvèdre, 2% Cinsault”

VITICULTURE: "The vineyards are situated in eight different lieux-dits across the high plains in Gigondas: Les Hautes Garrigues, Les Carbonnières, Les Rocassières, Santa Duc, Les Pailleroudas, Les Routes, Goujard et Plane, and Clos Derrière Vieille.

VINIFICATION: “Manually harvested and sorted, 75% whole cluster, long maceration, and fermented with native yeasts. The wine ages for 18 months, first in large oak tuns, then in concrete tanks before bottling.”

TASTING: “Fruit driven, with fine herbaceous notes in its youth, it generally undergoes a slow evolution towards more spicy notes after several years’ cellaring.”