it's delicious now thanks to the ripe
A year with a wet spring and cooler-than-average weather until July
Precise and pure with beautiful concentration and velvety texture
The grapes are 100% destemmed and are gently macerated and fermented with native yeast in cement
Good concentration and fleshiness
Pierre-Jean Villa Saint Joseph Preface, 2019 Wine Books it's delicious now thanks toThis is the first red cuve of the domain, a wine with a terrific core of Syrah fruit, and it sets the tone (hence its name). At roughly 12,000 bottles, its the largest production. The vines grow in the northern, cooler sector of the appellation, the wine is made in a mixture of 225 liter and 600 liter barrels, all older, and the levage goes for 12 13 months (which will probably increase in the years ahead). The vineyard parcels total two hectares, or