Expressive notes of pomegranate and raspberry show pretty lavender perfume alongside wafts of apple wood smoke and black pepper. Fine yet substantial tannins hold a firm grip, with graphite power building. Concentrated and firmly structured on a sleek, powerful frame. Tightly wound, this will be even better with a few years in the cellar. Grenache, Mourvèdre, Syrah and Cinsault. Best from 2026 through 2037. 930 cases imported.
94 points, Kristen Bieler, Wine Spectator (Feb 2025)
#47 - Wine Spectator Top 100 of 2025
Dense and complex, this wine opens with dark cherry, olive, licorice, clove, violet, and a firm mineral edge. On the palate, vibrant acidity refreshes, as fresh olive notes evolve into a structured minerality, revealing soft plum, sage, bay leaf, and stone that lingers through the finish. Built for the long haul, it is approachable now with a proper decant.
94 points, Anna-Christina Cabrales, Wine Enthusiast (Sep 2025)
Precise, textured and lively with aromas of wild berries, blackberries, dried thyme, bay leaves, baking spices and dried flowers on the nose. Full-bodied with fine tannins. Dense and chalky with a vivid core of sweet berries and spices mingling on the mid-palate and onto the peppery, powdery finish. From organically grown grapes with Ecocert certification. Try from 2025.
94 points, James Suckling (Jun 2024)
Menthol notes and complex herbal essences. Soft, easy-going, the oak helps to bring some welcome polish and sheen, with well-balanced acidity. This is a successfully constructed wine in a tricky vintage, showing good winemaking. All whole bunch, fermented with natural yeasts. Aged 20% in new casks, 50% in casks used for one to four wines, 30% concrete tanks.
94 points, Matt Walls, Decanter (Sep 2023)
The 2022 Gigondas from Château de Saint Cosme is showing particularly well today, evoking a fresh, complex and fruity bouquet of pepper, violet, crushed strawberries and menthol mingled with delicate notes of garrigue. Medium to full-bodied, delicate and textured, it's perfectly balanced with good depth at the core and a long, mineral and ethereal finish. It's a blend of 70% Grenache Noir, 15% Mourvèdre, 14% Syrah and 1% Cinsault that matured 20% in new barrels, 50% in used barrels and the rest in concrete tanks. This is a wine that could age gracefully over the next decade.
93 points, Yohan Castaing, Wine Advocate (Oct 2024)
Leading off the 2022s from bottle, the 2022 Gigondas has tons of chalky minerality as well as peppery, spicy garrigue-driven aromatics, medium to full-bodied richness, a layered, balanced mouthfeel, and classic Provençal red and black fruits. I’d be thrilled to drink a bottle today, and it’s going to see its 20th birthday in fine form.
93 points, Jeb Dunnuck (Dec 2024)
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