Gigondas, Château Saint Cosme. FR, 2023

Professional Ratings

• 93 Wine Spectator
  Perfumy and ripe, this red oozes soft black currant and lavender, showing a polished texture. A bitter mineral flash provides contrast, with mesquite, incense and singed garrigue on the lush finish. A spine of iron brings structure and drives the impressive length. There’s a lot to love. Grenache, Mourvèdre, Syrah and Cinsault. Drink now through 2038.
• 92 Robert Parker's Wine Advocate

  The 2023 Gigondas from Château de Saint-Cosme is especially promising, bursting with aromas of ripe black raspberries, red plums, garrigue, licorice and incense. Medium- to full-bodied, supple and fleshy, it’s rich without excess, with a layered core of fruit, powdery tannins and a bright, saline finish that lends a sense of energy and poise. As always, it’s a blend of multiple terroirs—limestone, marl and sandy soils—which lend the cuvée both depth and aromatic range. This will offer a great drinking window, but a few years in bottle will only enhance its complexity.

• 92 Vinous

  Ripe strawberry, raspberry and orange blossom leap from the glass of the delicious 2023 Gigondas. Immediately captivating and forward, this red Gigondas is a pure delight, delivering ripe red and black fruits with spicy tones across the full-bodied palate, neatly framed by polished tannins. It closes out with a dash of pomegranate.

• 91 Jeb Dunnuck

  Based on mostly Grenache that was not destemmed and was brought up in used barrels, the 2023 Gigondas offers charming red and black fruits, roasted garrigue, violets, and spice. It's round, lush, and supple, with solid tannic grip.