In Bond Fine Wine. 2020 Saint Cosme Gigondas Le Poste, Gigondas, Rhone, France. Red Rhone in 6x75cl. Top critic score: 97/100 (JD). Drinking window: 2027–2048. Sold in bond by Albany Vintners, independent fine wine merchants.
Jeb Dunnuck (JD) — 95–97/100 · JebDunnuck.com, 25/01/2022
More camphor, dried garrigue, flowers, and savory red and black fruits emerge from the 2020 Gigondas Le Poste, a medium to full-bodied red with a rich, concentrated mouthfeel, building tannins, and no shortage of length on the finish. The cellar will be your friend on this one, but it's another wine that ranks with the creme de la creme of the vintage.
Jeb Dunnuck (JD) — 97/100 · JebDunnuck.com, 03/06/2023 · Drink 2027-2048
Probably my favorite of the lineup, the 2020 Gigondas Le Poste comes from a slightly higher elevation site and, as with all of these single vineyard releases, is all Grenache that was not destemmed and was brought up mostly in used barrels. A quintessential expression of this terroir, it offers an incredible array of darker fruits, garrigue, pepper, and graphite, and it's medium to full-bodied, i…