Saint Cosme Gigondas Le Claux 2020 (750ML)

98 VM / 96 JD / 96 DE / 95 WS / 94 WE

Opaque red. Sharply defined red fruit, floral and Moroccan spice aromas, along with intense mineral, garrigue and cola nuances. Shows superb depth as well as vivacity on the palate, offering juicy red and blue fruit, floral pastille and spicecake flavors and an exotic hint of blood orange. Finishes impressively long and precise with firm tension, discreet tannins and reverberating red fruit and floral notes. - Josh Raynolds, Vinous Media

Leading off the three single vineyards, the 2020 Gigondas Le Claux is all Grenache as always and comes from a site just down the hill from the estate. It has lots of savory red and black fruits, ground pepper, and dried garrigue nuances as well as medium to full-bodied richness on the palate. Polished, elegant, and finesse-driven, it shows the pure, balanced style of the vintage perfectly and is a brilliant wine to enjoy over the coming two decades - Jeb Dunnuck

Beautifully fragrant nose of star anise, cedar and cigar tobacco. Full-bodied, rounded and seductively plump and juicy, showing clarity, precision and focus on the palate, the fruit melds well with the considerable oak element, and it finishes long, tight and saline. Best Gigondas of the vintage. Very old vines, all whole-cluster fermented in concrete, no destemming, indigenous yeasts, and matured 100% in barriques; one third new, one third second use, and the rest third use. - Matt Walls, Decanter

Earthy, savory and inviting, with smoked meat, bay leaf and singed wild herbs infusing a base of plum sauce and cherry. Gains support from fine-grained tannins, but a spine of iron gives real form to this layered wine, with black olive tapenade, balsamic and black pepper notes filling out the lengthy finish. Drink now through 2035. 105 cases imported. - BS, Wine Spectator

Grown from the estate's oldest vineyard, which is composed of yellow limestone marl, this wine is immediately captivating. A vibrant entry of wild berries and orange peel leads to a midpalate of blackberries, roses and violet petals, with Asian spices on the finish. Refined, precise and gorgeous, this wine would be benefit from additional cellaring but is difficult to resist now. — Anna-Christina Cabrales, Wine Enthusiast