Chateau de Saint Cosme Cotes du Rhone Les Deux Albion 2011
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Product Details
Varietal
Producer
Vintage
2011
Size
750ML
ABV
14.5%
Features
Green Wine
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Winemaker Notes
The 2011 vintage, the "fruit year," suited Deux Albions really well by accentuating its own nature. This is the same spirit as the Crozes Hermitage: fruit and potential. Showing notes of gingerbread, strawberry, bacon and laurel, this is a wine of charm and complexity.
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
More serious is the 2011 Cotes du Rhone Les Deux Albion. This cuvee always includes a small amount of white Clairette co-fermented with red grapes such as Grenache and Syrah. There is more Syrah in the 2011 than usual because it was essential for the success of this medium-bodied, deep ruby/plum/purple-colored effort. It possesses notes of spring flowers, black fruits, licorice, forest floor and spice. It is another brilliant example of this cuvee.
Range: 90-92
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Chateau de Saint Cosme is the leading estate of Gigondas and produces the appellation’s benchmark wines. Wine has been produced on the site of Saint Cosme since Roman times, evident by the ancient Gallo-Roman vats carved into the limestone below the chateau. The property has been in the hands of Louis Barruol’s family since 1570. Henri and Claude Barruol took over in 1957 and gradually moved Saint Cosme away from the bulk wine business. Henri was one of the first in the region to work organically beginning in the 1970s. Louis Barruol took over from his father in 1992, making a dramatic shift to quality, adding a négociant arm to the business in 1997, and converting to biodynamics in 2010.
CNC967658_2011 Item# 123898