Pretty sweet. Nice nose -- mostly herbs and garrigue. Assorted berries on the palate, along with the herbs. Medium body, decent finish. Impressively well knit and integrated. Very smooth and balanced. Didn't blow me away, but impressed me with its balance and restraint. Tannins are still present, but are subdued. I think it's at its peak, and I think it will be there for another year or so.
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Bought on auction last year for 30-40 €. Consist mainly of grenache, with some syrah and mourverdre. Sees fairly new oak. But its well integreres at this point. Needs only about 15 mins to open up. Cool restrained pleasure, not from fruit aromas, but with the drive coming from garrigue: the big sprinklers of dried provencial spices. Notes from the second day: nose of thyme, juniper, smoke, plum in madeira. Smooth palate with dusty tannins and thimian, lets stick to a rellaxed fruit referance with plum. Lenght increases with time out in the air
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Big nose - black tea, black olives, aniseed, liquorice, coffee. Lots going on with the palate - Dark fruits - plum, black currant, liquorice, and subtle spice. Nicely balanced fruit, acidity, and tannins deliver an elegance. This is a medium bodied wine with good length. An excellent wine with complexity and charm. Drinking well now. Decantered 2 hours prior to drinking. Enjoyed by all.
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This is drinking very well now. Very well balanced fruit, acidity and tannin. Plumb, chokecherry, tar, earth. Puckery tannins faulty well integrated. Outstanding with flank steak.
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Clean. Medium(+)intensity with aromas of black raspberry olive garrigue cherry and a touch of tar.
Dry. Medium tannins. Medium acidity. Medium(+) alcohol. Medium(+) body. Medium(+) intensity with flavours of black raspberry olive cherry herbs and tar.
Medium(+) finish. Very food. Drink now and over the next five years. Deep delicious and fresh. Wow for an “off” vintage. Great producer.
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Over two days. I could, and would be delighted to, drink this correct and appealing offering every day. It delivers profound substance and depth. Likely to peak by 2025 or so. Satisfying!
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A lot going on with this this excellent wine. Savory, well framed, and deftly balanced. Leaning more toward the open-knit richness of CdP than the high-tension mineral depth that typifies Gigondas. A touch more of anything would have put this over the top.
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Opened, decanted for 1 hour. Smell of smoke, I can notice the liquorice mentioned by others. Tannins have softened, wine is medium long, elegant. Had it with Papet Vaudois, which is a Swiss (French part) leek & potato stew, with a slightly smoked meaty pork sausage in it. Delicious combination.
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Popped and poured. Nose of blackberry, black plum, blueberry, licorice and garrigue. Black and blue fruit, licorice, garrigue and juicy tannins on the palate. Long finish. Medium to full bodied. Served with grilled pork chops.
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Brought up from the cellar to come to room temperature. Popped after 1 1/2 hours. Light aromatics of earth and smoke. Very light on fruit as well as the mid palate. EG #ArchitecturalArtistry #WineArchitect
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Rich red fruits and long finish over chewed tannins. Needs at least 1-hr decant, when components start coming together. Loses a lot after 1 night in the fridge.
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Popped and poured. Nose of blackberry, plum, garrigue and licorice. Black and red fruit, garrigue and ripe tannins on the palate. Finishes with good length. Full bodied. Served with macaroni and cheese.
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Some days you get a wine that is in such a good place. This “basic” St Cosme is in a brilliant place right now. Far better than I recall previous bottles A warm complex embrace, dark red fruit, subtle spice. Wonderful.
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Gigondas Tasting (Roswell, GA): The beefiest Gigondas of the night this really shows a black pepper and meaty character, dark raspberry and plum, some whole cluster grain to the tannin, overall very nice balance, an overachiever for the vintage.
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Gidgondas and Lirac (Chris H's home): Disappointing showing for this usually stalwart wine of Gigondas. Ruby/purple in color. The nose is earthy but not showing much else. On the palate, sweet red fruit. Almost cloying at first. Firm tannins. Clipped finish. Most likely a victim of the vintage but perhaps an off bottle?
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Popped and poured from the cellar. Definitely needs one hour of decantation. Lovely herbaceous and medium earth guarigue nose. Medium syrah flavors. I nice drinker! EG WineArchitect
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Dark crimson. Firm and grippy, with a woodsy leafy nose of black cherry. Grilled meat, smoke, cherry, and plum. Probably best in a year or so, and for 5 years thereafter.
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3/2/2024 - df1962 wrote: 92 Points
PnD let air for 2hrs.
Consistent with previous note. Love the raspberry ganache fruit.
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11/13/2023 - Dhunternm wrote: flawed
?Mold infection
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10/7/2023 - Night Train Likes this wine: 90 Points
Pretty sweet. Nice nose -- mostly herbs and garrigue. Assorted berries on the palate, along with the herbs. Medium body, decent finish. Impressively well knit and integrated. Very smooth and balanced. Didn't blow me away, but impressed me with its balance and restraint. Tannins are still present, but are subdued. I think it's at its peak, and I think it will be there for another year or so.
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6/21/2023 - andrei trolldeig Likes this wine: 90 Points
Bought on auction last year for 30-40 €.
Consist mainly of grenache, with some syrah and mourverdre. Sees fairly new oak. But its well integreres at this point.
Needs only about 15 mins to open up. Cool restrained pleasure, not from fruit aromas, but with the drive coming from garrigue: the big sprinklers of dried provencial spices.
Notes from the second day: nose of thyme, juniper, smoke, plum in madeira. Smooth palate with dusty tannins and thimian, lets stick to a rellaxed fruit referance with plum. Lenght increases with time out in the air
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9/11/2022 - pjjsmith Likes this wine: 93 Points
Big nose - black tea, black olives, aniseed, liquorice, coffee.
Lots going on with the palate - Dark fruits - plum, black currant, liquorice, and subtle spice.
Nicely balanced fruit, acidity, and tannins deliver an elegance. This is a medium bodied wine with good length.
An excellent wine with complexity and charm. Drinking well now. Decantered 2 hours prior to drinking. Enjoyed by all.
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1/6/2022 - JNebs Likes this wine: 93 Points
This is drinking very well now. Very well balanced fruit, acidity and tannin. Plumb, chokecherry, tar, earth. Puckery tannins faulty well integrated. Outstanding with flank steak.
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3/20/2021 - Doc Malvern Likes this wine: 89 Points
Brooding black fruits. Balanced tannins and acidity.
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7/17/2020 - df1962 wrote: 92 Points
PnD let air for 2hrs.
Clear deep ruby.
Clean. Medium(+)intensity with aromas of black raspberry olive garrigue cherry and a touch of tar.
Dry. Medium tannins. Medium acidity. Medium(+) alcohol. Medium(+) body. Medium(+) intensity with flavours of black raspberry olive cherry herbs and tar.
Medium(+) finish. Very food. Drink now and over the next five years. Deep delicious and fresh. Wow for an “off” vintage. Great producer.
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5/25/2020 - Motz wrote: 92 Points
Over two days. I could, and would be delighted to, drink this correct and appealing offering every day. It delivers profound substance and depth. Likely to peak by 2025 or so. Satisfying!
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4/26/2020 - cmr Likes this wine: 91 Points
Classic
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8/27/2019 - sooper65 wrote: 91 Points
Very inky and sweet and gorgeous... more a wine for winter though
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4/29/2019 - Motz wrote: 91 Points
A lot going on with this this excellent wine. Savory, well framed, and deftly balanced. Leaning more toward the open-knit richness of CdP than the high-tension mineral depth that typifies Gigondas. A touch more of anything would have put this over the top.
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2/17/2019 - Aschi wrote: 89 Points
Opened, decanted for 1 hour. Smell of smoke, I can notice the liquorice mentioned by others. Tannins have softened, wine is medium long, elegant. Had it with Papet Vaudois, which is a Swiss (French part) leek & potato stew, with a slightly smoked meaty pork sausage in it. Delicious combination.
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2/8/2019 - AlphaMikeFoxtrot wrote: 92 Points
Ripe dark fruits and fresh ground black pepper - straight from the mill. Full bodied, medium tannins and drinking beautifully!
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12/20/2018 - hoservin wrote: 90 Points
Popped and poured. Nose of blackberry, black plum, blueberry, licorice and garrigue. Black and blue fruit, licorice, garrigue and juicy tannins on the palate. Long finish. Medium to full bodied. Served with grilled pork chops.
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11/17/2018 - WineArchitect Likes this wine: 90 Points
Brought up from the cellar to come to room temperature. Popped after 1 1/2 hours. Light aromatics of earth and smoke. Very light on fruit as well as the mid palate. EG #ArchitecturalArtistry #WineArchitect
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9/22/2018 - JNebs Likes this wine: 90 Points
Rich red fruits and long finish over chewed tannins. Needs at least 1-hr decant, when components start coming together. Loses a lot after 1 night in the fridge.
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6/15/2018 - hoservin wrote: 91 Points
Popped and poured. Nose of blackberry, plum, garrigue and licorice. Black and red fruit, garrigue and ripe tannins on the palate. Finishes with good length. Full bodied. Served with macaroni and cheese.
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4/29/2018 - qtsam11 wrote: 89 Points
I wish there was a bit more spice. Nose is wonderful but a little light on the palate.
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4/27/2018 - GDa202 wrote: 92 Points
Some days you get a wine that is in such a good place. This “basic” St Cosme is in a brilliant place right now. Far better than I recall previous bottles A warm complex embrace, dark red fruit, subtle spice. Wonderful.
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3/8/2018 - GDa202 wrote: 89 Points
Lovely dark red fruit flavours. Smokey, lovely tannins, some lovely peppery spices and good minerality. Rather a nice drop.
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1/13/2018 - Twinkles wrote: 89 Points
Not as good as last time. Berries and pepper on day 1, felt really hot and not well defined on day 2.
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11/25/2017 - Twinkles wrote: 90 Points
Spicy, peppery goodness. Very crisp feel, does not linger much though.
Excellent!
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10/21/2017 - ChrisWagner Likes this wine: 91 Points
Powerful, yet nuanced.
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9/30/2017 - RWG Likes this wine: 91 Points
Really nice strong showing. 4h decant. Has more life ahead. Smoky, brooding, robust fruit.
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9/9/2017 - Rezy13 Likes this wine:
Gigondas Tasting (Roswell, GA): The beefiest Gigondas of the night this really shows a black pepper and meaty character, dark raspberry and plum, some whole cluster grain to the tannin, overall very nice balance, an overachiever for the vintage.
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8/5/2017 - WineArchitect wrote: 88 Points
Light Gigondas minerality and flavor in the nose as well as the midpalate, but lacking on the finish with little to no fruit flavor.
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4/26/2017 - Loren Sonkin wrote: 86 Points
Gidgondas and Lirac (Chris H's home): Disappointing showing for this usually stalwart wine of Gigondas. Ruby/purple in color. The nose is earthy but not showing much else. On the palate, sweet red fruit. Almost cloying at first. Firm tannins. Clipped finish. Most likely a victim of the vintage but perhaps an off bottle?
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4/7/2017 - WineArchitect Likes this wine: 91 Points
Popped and poured from the cellar. Definitely needs one hour of decantation. Lovely herbaceous and medium earth guarigue nose. Medium syrah flavors. I nice drinker! EG WineArchitect
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1/2/2017 - smphelps wrote: 90 Points
Dark crimson. Firm and grippy, with a woodsy leafy nose of black cherry. Grilled meat, smoke, cherry, and plum. Probably best in a year or so, and for 5 years thereafter.
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10/16/2016 - appel54 wrote: 87 Points
Kurrigt med mycket björnbär, lite fyrverkerier och aceton
Medium + syra, medium längd. Rätt intensiv men kort frukt. En del blåbär i munnen. Torrt och strävt.
En helt okej syrah från gigondas. Saknar lite längd och känns något obalanserad idag. Lite för hög alkohol.
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