When looking for a classic Northern Rhone Syrah, David Allen, Master of Wine, alighted instead on Chateau de Saint Cosme’s 2019 Gigondas – it is slightly off the mark, being 70% Grenache but was none the less rather splendid.
Château de Saint Cosme is located just north of the village of Gigondas in the southern Rhône. Saint Cosme is the oldest estate in the region; it lies on the site of a Gallo-Roman villa which likely had its own vineyard, although the first documentary evidence of wine-growing on the property was in 1416. The estate’s Grenache-based wines are considered some of the Gigondas appellation best.
The estate consists of three low-yielding vineyards totalling 15 hectares (37 acres) around Gigondas. Each of these – Le Poste, Le Claux and Hominus Fides – has a corresponding single-vineyard wine which forms the top tier of Château de Saint Cosme. In addition to these, there are two other wines made from fruit from these vineyards: a generic Gigondas wine, and Valbelle, which is made from older vines. The Le Poste vineyard also provides a Côtes du Rhône Blanc made from Clairette.
Since 1997, Château de Saint Cosme has made a range of wines from outside of Gigondas on a negociant basis. These are vinified at carefully selected partner wineries and are aged in casks selected by Saint Cosme. The range includes wines from Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Côte Rôtie, Saint-Joseph, Crozes-Hermitage and Condrieu, as well as several Côtes du Rhône wines and the Little James range of Vin de France red and Vin de Pays d’Oc white.
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