Chateau de Saint Cosme's 2023 Clairette finds its voice in the cool limestone valleys of Côtes du Rhône, where the massal selection from Le Poste vineyard expresses the classical clarity this grape demands. Biodynamic farming and fourteen generations of family stewardship shape a wine with the minerality and structure to remind you why white Rhône traditions endure.
Winemaker Notes
At Saint Cosme, their white wine traditions are as important and time-honourd as the reds. The Clairette grape variety has found the ideal place to express itself in the cool, limestone valley of Saint Cosme. Produced by massal selection from the Le Poste vinevard, the Clairette for Hominis Fides thrives in Miocene limestone sand. Its aromas of fennel and grapefruit usher in its finely textured palate, imparting it with substantial agability.
About the Producer
Château 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 château. The property has been in the hands of Louis Barruol’s family since 1490. 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.
