2023 Kirkland Signature Cotes du Rhone Villages

Look what we found. The latest vintage of the ultra popular Kirkland Cotes du Rhone Villages is out in stores.

It’s a September arrival (barely) this time; October last vintage, and actually March before that, so hoping we see some steadiness to this timeframe. We love having these on hand all fall and winter long.

The price has gone up, but just a smidge. This wine has been $6.99 for a while, but appeared this year for $7.69. If it tastes similar to past vintages, that’s still a steal.

Here’s where we’ve ended up in point scores over the years. Pretty sure we’ve tasted and reviewed every vintage of this wine, and it almost always lands in the high 80s, just one semi-off year in 2020.

2015 87 points

2016 87 points

2017 88 points

2018 89 points

2019 89 points

2020 85 points

2021 88 points

2022 88 points

As we dig into this latest vintage, it is clear right off the bat that we have another winner. What a wine. Similar to years past, but a slight jump up in quality and complexity.

It pours a medium ruby in the glass, aromas of red berry fruit and herbs; flavors of cherry, plum, blackberry; medium plus in body; really packs a punch in the finish, spicy, peppery, a bit of chocolate; right up our alley. Lasting finish.

We’re bringing our rating up to 89 points, which is where this one clearly belongs; really close to a 90. The fact you can buy this for $8 at Costco is ridiculous. We’re huge fans.

CostcoWineBlog.com Rating: 89 points

Costco item number: 887774

Purchased at Costco in: Farragut, TN

Alc. 15.5% (up from 14.5%)

Use the new warehouse search tool in the Costco mobile app to help locate a store near you that has this one in inventory.