2023 Saint Cosme Cotes du Rhone 750 ml

When it comes to value, Saint Cosme’s Côtes-du-Rhône deserves its own tier. 

That’s why Wine Spectator named it one of their Top 10 Values of 2023—and why it’s BY FAR our top seller in that category over the last five years.

The historic 100-point estate, which Vinous ranks “among the Rhône Valley’s elite producers,” crafts coveted wines that often command triple-digit prices. It’s “unquestionably one of the reference point estates…in the entire southern Rhône Valley,” according to Rhône expert Jeb Dunnuck. Wine Advocate has put two of their wines at the 100-point pinnacle and three bottles have made it onto Wine Spectator’s Top 100 list. 

The past three vintages of their Côtes-du-Rhône were instant hits among Wine Access members, who called them “impressive” and “one of the best Rhônes made.” The 2023 is a deep ruby color, with enticing aromas of ripe red berries, cherry, licorice, and subtle black pepper. It bursts with ripe fruit, spices, and fantastic energy. 

Louis Barruol is the 14th-generation winemaker at Saint Cosme, and his bone-deep sense of terroir shows. Wine Spectator has hailed him as “The Genius of Gigondas,” and his single-vineyard bottles often cost well over $100, but his Côtes-du-Rhône—a masterclass in Syrah—also shows the magic his deft hand can work. 

When Barruol, a studious renaissance man, isn’t making wine, he’s practicing his cello or playing on a local rugby squad, but he still found time to convert his estate to biodynamics in 2010, taking centuries of accumulated vineyard expertise to its apex.