2020 Kirkland Signature Gigondas

Community Tasting Notes (24) Avg Score: 88.5 points

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  2/3/2024 - Orian1701 Likes this wine: 87 Points

  Medium ruby
  Anise, blackberry, strawberry jam, pepper
  
  Blackberry jam and cherry on the pallet, hint of anise and crushed gravel. Leather and eucalyptus
  
  Good value, would buy again

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  12/21/2023 - randyjc wrote: 89 Points

  I buy and try most of the Kirkland wines. Some are quite good (a handful of Baroli, for example) and some are marginal. This is between that, and I dare say if some of the low scores here had tasted this with a Saint Cosme label the scores would have been higher. I struggle with the same issue. But the wine itself is good and for $20, good lord. No CDR is going to beat it. Tastes as if principally Grenache. Bright red cherry and earth on the nose. I love that sweet French grenache smell and flavor. Smooth and yummy on the mouth. Cooked red cherries and damp earth and spice. The only flaw is the transition from mouth to finish where it drops off in some odd space but that may just be its young age. I have yet to run across a better QPR Gigondas. Give it a shot. Taste it blind and then write your note.

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  10/14/2023 - Buff Tannen, USXFel Presidente Likes this wine: 89 Points

  The first night, with its raspberry jam, red apple, leather, and lithe, almost elegant construction were it not for an average ending, I thought this was the best 8 dollar Barolo I've ever had in my life
  Did darken a bit on day 3; blackberry, orange, mint, mace, crayons, allspice, leather, and (thank you, interweb), boxwood
  Is this delectable, or merely well made?
  Research continues

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  9/23/2023 - PasoMeSomeWine wrote: 85 Points

  Was hoping this would be a great value wine that delivered on the Kirkland brand name, but I was wrong. This wine is at best mediocre. It fails to show the terror of Gigondas nor is it well balanced.

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  8/9/2023 - jayrod wrote: 90 Points

  After an hour or so wine opened up quite nicely.

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