Saint Cosme is a wonderful producer. While I think their sweet spot is in their home turf S Rhone cuvées, this is an excellent CR. While a blend of various lieu dit from the appelation, it drinks much like a Cote Blonde with a lighter, almost feminine quality. Popped and poured, this wine presents really nicely. Starting to get a little bricking on the rim, medium viscosity. Expressive on the nose with floral, black fruit, and bacon notes. Similar on the palate, with more tertiary notes than you’d expect for just a 7 year old wine. Medium body, maybe a little lighter than you expect from a cote rotie. Really nice acidity keeps you coming back for more. Tannins are present but nicely rounded and silky.
This is a winner, don’t hesitate to drink now, and I don’t think it needs much of a decant if at all. I’m going to stock back up on slightly stronger vintages, will probably go with the 19’s and let them sit for a while.
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(Saint Cosme Cote Rotie) Hello friends. The Eliminator is back! v18.0 contains a set of nine wines, and they run the gamut in price, origin, and style. Based on the name of the final American Gladiators challenge (see link for an excellent example of the original Eliminator, and also for an epic blond ‘80s mullet), this is where we eliminate extra bottles that have accumulated for one reason or another (some reasons purposeful; others accidental/stupid/I-don’t-wanna-talk-about-it). A reminder: we handle this offer a little differently than most. These will be first-come first-served, and the upper order limits will be the number of extra bottles in the warehouse. So, if we have 15 bottles left, and you want all 15, and you’re the first to jump in, they’re yours. This gives slight advantage to longer-term list members. Our offers are throttled, and it takes about an hour to send offers to the entire list. So the old-heads get a bit of a head-start (much like the Gladiators Eliminator, but with fewer tassels), but list newbies will be nipping at their heels! Please note: we’re going to update inventory throughout the day via a linked PDF. Hopefully that will avoid the frustration of ordering an already-sold-out item. And with that, let’s begin.We do so well with Saint Cosme’s 100% Syrah Cotes-du-Rhone each year that we were offered a tiny jewel of a parcel: 2 cases (see updated availability here) of Louis Barroul’s Cote Rotie, his highest expression of Syrah. I’ve tasted a number of vintages over the years, and it is always a star, with dazzling funky/meaty/floral aromatics and breathtaking purity. I only wish we had more so we could feature it in a proper offer. Alas, it will instead serve as our grand the finale for today’s Eliminator.
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4/22/2023 - BenjaminWhiteMD Likes this wine: 92 Points
Drink now.
Saint Cosme is a wonderful producer. While I think their sweet spot is in their home turf S Rhone cuvées, this is an excellent CR. While a blend of various lieu dit from the appelation, it drinks much like a Cote Blonde with a lighter, almost feminine quality. Popped and poured, this wine presents really nicely. Starting to get a little bricking on the rim, medium viscosity. Expressive on the nose with floral, black fruit, and bacon notes. Similar on the palate, with more tertiary notes than you’d expect for just a 7 year old wine. Medium body, maybe a little lighter than you expect from a cote rotie. Really nice acidity keeps you coming back for more. Tannins are present but nicely rounded and silky.
This is a winner, don’t hesitate to drink now, and I don’t think it needs much of a decant if at all. I’m going to stock back up on slightly stronger vintages, will probably go with the 19’s and let them sit for a while.
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2/25/2023 - jmoon Likes this wine: 90 Points
Decent wine some interest and depth but fairly forgettable
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6/20/2021 - NateR Likes this wine: 90 Points
Moderately tannic, with lots of ripe fruit. Reminds me more of California syrah than Northern Rhone.
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11/26/2020 - rbfleming Likes this wine: 92 Points
Thanksgiving dinner. Loads of fruit, with some spiciness. Really a lovely wine.
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12/16/2019 - Doc90 wrote: 91 Points
Focused, peppered jerky, blood oranges, iron. Certainly wound up at this stage. But it's long and easy to drink. Hold.
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