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The Society's Exhibition Gigondas 2019
Red Wine from France - Rhone
Château Saint Cosme’s Louis Barruol is one of the most well-known winemakers in Gigondas, instrumental in putting this region on the map. Our longstanding relationship with this star grower has led to us having access to some of the most interesting vineyard sites in Gigondas, creating this exclusive blend with him. 2019 is a superb vintage in this part of the Rhône. Every year the aim is to make a wine that offers great value but which also has the ability to age. It is fantastic to be able to keep hold of our wines and release them when they’re ready to drink, with the 2019 being offered to our members now with seven years’ ageing under its belt.
Price:
£22.00
Bottle
(£29.33/litre)
Price:
£264.00
Case of 12
(£29.33/litre)
In Stock
Code: RH60581
Wine characteristics
- Red Wine
- Full-bodied
- Grenache Syrah
- 75cl
- Now to 2032
- 15% Alcohol
- oak used but not v. noticeable
- Cork, natural
- 595 g (Empty bottle weight)
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Chateau de Saint Cosme
The talented Louis Barruol is the 14th generation of his family to make wine at Saint Cosme which is found to the north of the village of Gigondas, in the southern Rhône. Lying on the site of a Gallo-Roman villa, it is the most ancient estate in the region with the remains of a Roman cellar still visible in the property’s caves. Barroul’s ancestors acquired it in 1570 and built a splendid residence over existing cellars.
Louis Barruol himself took over in 1992 and immediately embarked on an ambitious modernisation programme with very clear ideas about the type of wine he wanted to make. He has since emerged as one of the Rhône’s most talented winemakers winning tremendous acclaim for his estate Gigondas wines in particular which are exceptional. For several vintages he has made The Society’s Exhibition Gigondas, a splendidly full-bodied rich fruitcake of a wine with dense fruit and powerful flavour.
Barruol also started the tradition in 1997 of buying in grapes from other select growers enabling him to produce a vast and impressive array of wines for the Saint-Cosme portfolio, from entry-level upwards.
These connections give him access to some exceptional parcels in the Northern Rhône, where he makes small volumes of Côte-Rôtie, Saint-Joseph and Condrieu.