I picked up this bottle out of sheer curiosity at my local guy's shop. He has a really good knack for good bargains and it was $15 so I grabbed it as an option to open on a weeknight and not feel bad if I didn't finish the whole thing in the next few nights. I love Saint Cosme but didn't expect much out of the unorthodox combination of Grenache and Pinot (thought it would just be a novelty) — but it wound up being really good! Bright, fresh fruit with some red fruit flavors carrying over from the Pinot and maintaining 14% alcohol. Obviously not as special or complex as their Gigondas or other classic offerings, but at the price, a really strong and pleasant easygoing Cote du Rhone value (even though they can't even call this one a CdR, it's a VdF for obvious reasons).
Do any Rhone experts or Saint Cosme enthusiasts actually know how this is made? According to the website this is a Non-Vintage blend, so while bottled in 2024, it's not 2024 grapes. All I can find online is various vendors repeating the phrase "The wine is made from blending wines from multiple vintages in concrete tanks starting with the 1999 vintage". Anyone have more insight? How far back are they saving grapes for a bottle this cheap?
by newguy741