Just before the close of October, we finally found one of the Kirkland wines we search for every fall.
This marks three years in a row when we’ve found this bottle in the Sept-Oct timeframe, and it’s a treat every time, especially as it retains the ridiculously low price of $7.39.
It’s almost impossible to find wine of this caliber priced that low, but Costco has done it once again. In fact, this vintage, like the previous 2023 and 2022, are among our favorites, going all the way back to the 2015 vintage.
Here are those ratings over the years.
2015 87 points
2016 87 points
2017 88 points
2018 89 points
2019 89 points
2020 85 points
2021 88 points
2022 88 points
2023 89 points
The newest 2024 vintage won us over right away on the initial sip. It’s on once again, and it’s time to stock up for the holidays.
Before we get into tasting the wine, it’s worth noting we have a new winemaker this time around. For many years it had been Patrick Lesac, but this vintage marks the first one made by Romain Leroy.
We poked around and found a few Rhone wines that appear to be made by him, perhaps a couple from nearby Ventoux and some white wines. But can’t say for sure too much about his background. Perhaps some readers have more info?
Getting into this wine, it’s classic Cotes du Rhone Villages; fruity, spicy on the nose, a nice medium body, with smooth tannins; loaded with big red and dark fruit flavor; cherries, raspberry, blackberry, jammy; peppery and spicy in the finish.
There’s a lot going on here for a wine under $8. These arrive in large quantities but seem to sell through fairly fast, so grab them while you can. It’s a perfect bottle to have on hand for almost any occasion.
CostcoWineBlog.com Rating: 89 points
Costco item number: 887774
Availability: We buy our wine in Costco warehouses around the Atlanta area. The best way to locate wines near you is by using the new Costco mobile app and searching with the Costco item number we listed above.
Alc. 15%
