Producer: Chateau de Saint Cosme
Region: Cotes du Rhone, Rhone, France
Varietal: Syrah
Year: 2020

Wine Spectator 90

"A solidly built version, with crushed cherry and plum puree notes that meld with melted red licorice before singed juniper takes over on the finish. This has guts and range. Drink now through 2023."

Saint Cosme, located north to the village of Gigondas, is the most ancient estate in the region. Lying on the site of a Gallo-Roman villa which very probably had its own vineyard, the estate's existence in 1416 is attested by a document mentioning the granting by Jean de Chalon, Price of Orange, "land for the planting of vines on the Saint Cosme slopes." The Barruol's ancestors acquired it in 1570, and at the end of the sixteenth century built a splendid residence over the existing cellars.

Drink When: Winter Dinner Party, French Picnic, Mushroom Hunting
Drink With: Cassoulet, Leg of Lamb, Tuna Provencal

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