The palate impression of the medium weight flavors is equally refined with unusually good volume as well as even more evident minerality on the dusty

crushed granite and licorice at the back

There is enough reduction to dominate the fruit though it clearly seems ripe

this keeps coming at you

youthfully austere and quite serious finish

Santa Duc, Gigondas Hautes Garrigues other_regions_italy The palate impression of theA gem in the vintage, the 2004 Gigondas Prestige des Hautes Garrigues offers mature notes of kirsch, black cherries, saddle leather, basil and spice in a rich, full bodied, slightly austere, serious and structured package. You can recognize the Mourvedre driven structure and tannic spine on the palate, and this full bodied beauty has more depth and concentration than most in the vintage. It will keep for another decade or more.