Farr Vintners Logo

Gigondas Valbelle, Château de Saint Cosme 1998

RegionRhône
Subregion France > Rhône > Southern Rhône > Gigondas
ColourRed
TypeStill
Grape VarietyGrenache

View all vintages of this wine | View all wines by Château de Saint Cosme

Label

Tasting Notes

92
Robert Parker, Wine Advocate (131), October 2000

The 1998 Gigondas Cuvee Valbelle, which is made from 90% Grenache and 10% Syrah and aged in 20% new French oak, steps everything up a notch. Starting out reticent on the nose, with ripe blackberry fruit, ground pepper, dried flowers and beef blood-like subtleties, it knocks it out of the park on the palate and has full-bodied richness, beautiful density and a savory finish. Fully mature, yet still youthful and with plenty of life, drink it over the coming 4-5 years.

94
Jeb Dunnuck, RobertParker.com (214), August 2014
91/94
Robert Parker, Wine Advocate (125), October 1999
Please note that these tasting notes/scores are not intended to be exhaustive and in some cases they may not be the most recently published figures. However, we always do our best to add latest scores and reviews when these come to our attention. We advise customers who wish to purchase wines based simply on critical reviews to carry out further research into the latest reports.