A solidly satisfying Southern Rhone bargain from Costco, we check out the latest vintage of the Kirkland Signature Gigondas.
85% Grenache, 10% Syrah and 5% Mourvedre from Gigondas, Southern Rhone Valley, France.
The Kirkland Signature Gigondas is available exclusively at Costco. The 2021 vintage retails for $13.99, the same price as last year.
The wine is made by Guillaume Gonnet, whose family winery is Domaine Font de Michelle. It is imported by Misa Imports.
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From the bottle:
The Grenache is balanced, providing soft, juicy notes of strawberry and plum. The Syrah and Mourvedre offer spicy, mineral and herbal aromatics, with fresh tannins giving the wine lovely structure. This wine is true pleasure to drink in its youth, but will develop beautiful complexity for the next 10 years.
GUILLAUME GONNET, Winemaker
14% Alcohol
Gigondas is just to the northeast of the Chateaneuf-du-Pape region in the Southern Rhone Valley and offers a lot of similarity to that renowned region, usually at a lower price. It’s great to see Costco continue to expand their Kirkland Signature label with wines like this one. (Also see our review of the Kirkland Signature CdP.)
The Gigondas rules allow for a maximum 85% Grenache plus a minimum 15% Syrah or Mourvedre and a maximum 10% of other Rhone varieties except Carignan. No oak aging is required. Costco doesn’t indicate if this one spends
This Article was originally published on The Reverse Wine Snob
