2021 Château de Saint Cosme Gigondas

Community Tasting Notes (10) Avg Score: 91.7 points

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  4/2/2024 - Josch48 Likes this wine: 92 Points

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  Options4/1/2024 - I LIKE THIS WINE: 92 points (Edit)
  Darkly translucent black cherry color, with a smokey scent of baked lamb, black cherry, and sweet dried flowers.
  The medium light mouthfeel, in spite of the 15.5% ABV, is supported by a sparkling acidity and an aggressive mouth coating tannic presence.
  Sans food the wine conveys flavors of sweetly tart cherry and raspberry, and although having a lesser overall rating than the previous vintage, the wine at once possesses the seductive presentation evocative of the shared Chateauneuf du Pape Grenache area identity, merged with the physicality of an inferred higher presence of Syrah (although not found in this blend), seen used farther North up river.
  This wine is very elegant and approachable, with tannin encased sweet fruit that rushes to the finish as tannins cling cloyingly to the teeth.
  The wine should be enjoyed while the fruit sings, disregarding the tannin’s persistence, which should not detract from the overall tasting experience.

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  3/30/2024 - Katfood wrote:

  Added too many bottles

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  3/23/2024 - Motz wrote: 93 Points

  Highly expressive perfume of purple fruits, with red fruit accents, cut tobacco, cigar, pepper, espresso grounds, root vegetables, mineral ores, and black earth. The wine tastes like it smells, presented in inflection changing layers. Commanding presence and structure, complemented by harmonious presentation. Gripping finish of considerable length.
  
  Featuring medium plus acid and sophisticated tannins, it should age well for a decade+. The tannin initiated might find tasting a bottle now informative. Others might consider burying these for no less than five years. Improvement possible...if not likely. 93-94.

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  12/26/2023 - alabunka wrote: 92 Points

  Christmas Eve paired with a traditional Ukrainian feast of 12 dishes that can have no meat or dairy products!!!! went very well with everything - including the fishes, cabbage rolls, borscht, and pyrohy (both potato and cabbage...) and the mushroom dumplings....

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  12/21/2023 - Ben Christiansen wrote:

  A little brighter and fresher than I thought. Smokey. Oddly tastes a little bit like smoke taint, which makes no sense at all. Alexandra feels like this has more going on today than yesterday. So on day two as it goes.

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