The 2019 Gonon St. Joseph was more open than than I remembered it to be. It has the typical Gonon signature of olives, dark cherry, smokey meat, green herbs, some noticable tannins still. Needs a bit more time, but its getting there!
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Boozy Brunch (Foreign Cinema & Noe Valley Wine & Spirits): This seems quite tightly clenched at the moment. On the nose, there is dense, ripe, fruit aromas and floral notes. Perhaps a touch lactic. The palate is equally dark-fruited and quite stony, with racy acidity and a velvety tannins on the finish, leaving a hint of astringency on the palate. But, this seems very closed and unforgiving right now, though there is a lot of stuffing. I would give this 5-10 years in the cellar to unwind, but there is a lot of potential.
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First impression is the quality of fruit and balanced palate. A well captured sense of place in the wine making processes and farming. It's easy to see how this has a cult following. I have some 14's inbound so it will be nice to see what these wines do with relative age on them.
Plenty of upside laying these down but no harm pulling one now.
Opened but did not decant. Was generally accessible in 20 min but will decant next time, as this is still tightly wound overall. Murky purple color with a ruby hue. Floral nose brings spicy anise, blueberry compote, purple lavender, clove cigarettes, and diesel petrol. The palate is medium, compact, and hard, bringing a core of blackberries, blueberries, and chocolate raspberries mixed with wild game and crushed rock. The finish is hard and tannic, so best with food. This is refined and polished yet still primary and hard and will be best 2026-2036. Technical score: 93. Enjoyment score: 93.
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St Jo Pierre Gonon 2019 Rouge has a clear, deep purple color appearance.
After 3 hours you get a dark olives, tobacco, dark cherry baked in the clafoutis cake.
It is a full bodied wine yet elegant with a velvety tannic structure. Violet flowers, black olives, blackcurrant, clafoutis cherry and tobacco flavours.
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Not decanted and takes less than an hour to be fully open. Very dark in fruit and mineral profile on the nose, almost tarry. Clean though, and fresh. Something floral emerges too, like candied purple flowers. Good acidity on the palate and the wine is well balanced. Enjoyable wine that seems to be fully approachable now, and doesn’t really seem as though there is anything in reserve - this is the wine. It’s not very articulate or detailed, and it’s more power and concentration than nuance and grace. That’s the vintage, I suppose. This is not a wine I’m going to age for very long.
And now after writing this I read my previous note - quite a different impression this time. Perhaps I should have decanted this.
Menthol, dried flowers and plum and raspberry fruits. Silky, voluminous and fleshy, but understated at the same time. Grip without force. Perfume and expansion. Really good.
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Had the '17 followed by the '19, both after having some time in the decanter. The '17 for me was the more elegant of the lot, still with lots of black olive, cherry, some meatiness, herbs and flowers. The '19 is more of the same, but had (even) more intensity and power.
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Opened this and double decanted leaving the decanter in the fridge for 2 hours before drinking. Was still a little tight but started to open up over the next hour and just had such a beautiful nose, silky tannins, long finish and so much power.
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Vintus Trip preceeded by 2 days in Paris; 4/14/2023-4/20/2023: w/ JB @ Le Mermoz in Paris (120Euro) This is what I was going to go for, but also what the Somm recommended, so that’s that. WOW, very Kalamata olive, with a toasty meat driven edge. A little citronella note behind that and Red Raspberry fruit starts to come more to the front with more time in the glass and the decanter.
There’s discussion of Ammanit de Cesar Mushrooms which JB said Alain Ducasse called the King of Mushrooms. Time to search these out….
This pours medium purple in the glass. The nose is a tad reserved today, fairly low intensity but what’s there is complex and very classically northern Rhone. Aromas are of fresh blueberry, cherry, orange peel, crushed granite, iodine, black olive, tar, menthol, and raw lamb meat. The palate is quite elegant for a young syrah featuring pristinely balanced texture. It enters on sweet fresh blueberry turning to medium tannin and medium acid along the lovely fresh finish that is medium in length showing a lovely mineral core. All in all this is a lovely young bottle of Gonon. Not yet complex, but with massive potential. Really well managed given the heat of the vintage. While I adore this wine I also can’t help but wonder if it truly lives up to the producer hype. Certainly the value proposition is questionable at $210 CAD (at a restaurant). I’ve had other young St Joseph and Crozes Hermitage that has delivered equal pleasure at a much lower price.
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Tout un vin, deja approchable maintenant avec une heure de carafe, mais va tres bien vieillir. Textbook syrah, avec ses violette, mure, bacon et poivre. Nous a procuré beaucoup de plaisir!
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A buddy of mine and I dropped into one of my favorite little cafes in Omaha to get a bite and share a bottle. We grabbed a table and I scampered off to select something from the wall. As I walked over to the Rhone section, I began to scan the labels and about fell over when I saw three bottles of Gonon low-key just chillin…priced under $70. At this point, there was no question what we would be drinking tonight.
Popped and poured; no formal notes. I fully knew this was going to be somewhat considered infanticide but how was I going to pass this opportunity up? The nose is classic Northern Rhone with olives, black pepper, bacon fat and gorgeous blue and red fruits. The tannins are medium+; the acid matches. And the texture? Well, she thiccc but there is a sexy confidence that is enormously becoming. Finish is long and super satisfying. Fun to try young but I expect this to be a very lovely bottle for many years to come. Drink now with some patience (and an open mind) or through 2034 with ease. Oh…and you best believe we took the other two bottles home with us.
Surprisingly approachable already, but will definitely getting (even) better with age. Superb nose, great depth on the palate already with a very long finish. My first Gonon and clearly not disappointed
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This is superb. I join in each of the reviews below. Fruit, herbs, pepper with richness and berries, medium acidity. Drinking well now after some air. Lots of years ahead as well.
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Montréal; 9/23/2022-9/24/2022 (Montréal, QC): At Restaurant h3. The obvious comparison is to the 2015, which is probably the best edition of this wine in recent memory. The nose is intoxicating with tons of classic syrah notes, with peppercorn, olive brine, and smoke dominating. Of course there is plenty of juicy black fruit as well, and in fact the nose is very much evocative of the great 2015. The palate falls a little short in comparison, showing some lightness that also manifests as slightly short. Surprisingly lithe for such a ripe wine, though. Needless to say, this got significantly better with air.
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My first ever Gonon and it did not disappoint. On the nose, light barnyard notes persist throughout hours of decanting. The dominant aroma alternates between cassis, cola and dark chocolate. On the palate, deliciously woody and meaty, full bodied with chewy tannins. Finish is very long and the wood lingers for ages. There is so much here already despite its age. Irresistible!
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By the bottle at Sager & Wilde in London. Nose is classic Syrah: black and blue with cracked pepper and rosemary. Palate is nicely linear, great acidity, not too much tannin but enough to know you’re drinking something good. More rosemary, black olives, hint of charcuterie, blackberry, floral and lifted. Very complex but very clearly delineated. Beautiful wine. Drank way too young but that’s restaurant drinking for you.
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Une très belle découverte que ce producteur. C'est à la fois puissant et élégant avec un énorme potentiel qui DOIT se plier au temps, mais néanmoins, n'exagérons pas. À ce jour, c'est "92" et pas un demi point de plus.
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Dark, almost opaque garnet, attractive nose, showing crushed berries, violets, white pepper, a volcanic rock note; what a lovely palate, full bodied but not heavy, intense and deep without being overbearing, beautifully balanced, nicely complex, with hints of black olive, light spice, crushed rocks. Structured for significant aging, but very drinkable now for those tolerant of some tannins. A classic, somewhat warmer vintage Rhone.
Color/App: deep plum/ruby core -> light ruby rim; medium+ viscosity. Great bouquet of iron, meat, black cherries and a little earth. Somewhat tannic palate that smoothed out with my duck confit dish. Showed lithe and light on its feet but with great poise and balance and the stuffing to develop well I would think. Young times . . . worth following. 93-94+ upside.
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Off the list at Le Supreme @ Lyon for $70.A wow vintage for Gonon witb big fruit and more precision than the 2018. Would love to try this in a decade. This is the first Gonon I’ve really liked, but I haven’t that many.
Nose full of savory smoke, pepper, olive tapenade.. after a 60 min decant there is no fruit on the nose. Conversely the palate is full of super primary fruits with big raspberry, juicy ripe cherry and savory plums and some black pepper. Felt pure and concentrated,, but with a lot of rounded, juicy fruits. Med+ acidity. Sleek mouthfeel. Polished tannin. Good balance. I suspect this will be great… in 10-15years. 14% 93+, maybe underscored.
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Jumping out of glass pronounced complex aroma of Wild herbs, lavendar, blackberry and blackcherry jam, black olives, tarry minerals and camp-fire like smoke, tea leaves, sweet spices like cloves and junipers, white pepper and hint of licorice. How beautiful Syrah.
Exceptional balance, great mid palate focus, precise and dense. A truly great Syrah with ethereal sensation and elegant purity. 97++
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This is a great wine. Complete in every sense, sensual Syrah with plenty of olives and black berries present, local herbs, deep and very clean fruit, much too young, but then again, there it was - and heavily allocated at home. 93+ #LesPapilles
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WOW, very black fruit, loads of characoal, mineral, incense... Very very delicious, superb balance, quite light, concentrated and long at the same time, great great wine!!
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Given a very quick carafe, this was already delicious! Dark berry fruit, black cherry, slate - iron mineral / savoury quality, great definition - already showing plenty of interest and elegance. Tannins are present, but in no way aggressive or obtrusive. As others have noted no crime to open now, although I'm in no doubt it will be even better with some / many years in bottle (...and for present enjoyment the 2018 is just a nose in front). The prices these go for seem to get a bit daft pretty quickly, but for just over £50 this is worth every penny. 92++++++++++++++
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Ouvert 15 min et servi dans de grands verres à Barolo, le vin s'est livré assez rapidement. Superbe robe prune foncée et brillante. 1er nez sur la tapenade d'olives noires, ensuite mûres et cerises noires, puis épices et lavande. En bouche, le vin est un peu plus retenu, mais on devine une belle profondeur, de la maturité et de la complexité qui devrait s'affirmer dans les années à venir. Tanins de qualité et bonne longueur. A mon sens, ce n'est pas un crime de le goûter même s'il va sans doute s'épanouir dans les prochaines années. 93-94+
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N - olive, grilled meat, chocolate, deep and dark M - dark fruited but ultimately verve suave and fresh. rich but not heavy. seductive. A lovely expression of Syrah.
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Sweet, ripe, nose of olives, brine, menthol and herbs. Sweet palate, almost off kilter in ripeness but not heavy. Attractive in the Gonon savage nature but lacking the depth of 18/16. Hopefully just young and unruly because the 19 Feray was so good. Not going to open another for awhile but the Feray is great out the gate.
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Double decanted about 2 hours before drinking. Gorgeous florals on the nose - lavender. Also dark fruit, meat and olive, but the wine isn’t ready (unsurprising). It’s not harmonious yet, it’s a bit muddled and jerky. Particularly on the palate, where it’s obvious that the material is of high quality, that the component parts are there, but they’re not working together yet. Drunk alongside the 2019 Ile de Feray and 2019 Rousset Crozes Hermitage, and both were more ready to drink and more rewarding at this stage. This wine, I’d not revisit for another 10 years minimum.
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Deep, spicy and tight. Plenty of menthol and dried flowers. A core of blackberry and plum fruits. Dense and chewy, Loads of potential but the '19 Feray is far more enjoyable at this very early stage.
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PnP. ABV 14%. Took delivery of my annual allocations this week, time to have an early look. Flowers, stems and oyster shells on the nose. Spicy and rich on the palate, fine grained tannins, and very slight warmth at finish. Dark fruits and dense. Stemmy notes are more prominent than previous vintages. According to JLL, 80% whole bunch fermentation, time to dial back a little?? 5 hours later, this had improved a little bit, stemmy notes were no longer so annoying, deserved a slight upgrade in score. ‘15 and ‘16 were better at this stage. Yet to open any ‘17 and ‘18.
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4/28/2024 - Peter Spijker Likes this wine: 93 Points
The 2019 Gonon St. Joseph was more open than than I remembered it to be. It has the typical Gonon signature of olives, dark cherry, smokey meat, green herbs, some noticable tannins still. Needs a bit more time, but its getting there!
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4/27/2024 - ylkim30 wrote:
Boozy Brunch (Foreign Cinema & Noe Valley Wine & Spirits): This seems quite tightly clenched at the moment. On the nose, there is dense, ripe, fruit aromas and floral notes. Perhaps a touch lactic. The palate is equally dark-fruited and quite stony, with racy acidity and a velvety tannins on the finish, leaving a hint of astringency on the palate. But, this seems very closed and unforgiving right now, though there is a lot of stuffing. I would give this 5-10 years in the cellar to unwind, but there is a lot of potential.
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4/6/2024 - MJP Hou TX Likes this wine: 94 Points
My first Gonon from St. Joe
First impression is the quality of fruit and balanced palate. A well captured sense of place in the wine making processes and farming. It's easy to see how this has a cult following. I have some 14's inbound so it will be nice to see what these wines do with relative age on them.
Plenty of upside laying these down but no harm pulling one now.
94+
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2/6/2024 - jlhkiss Likes this wine: 93 Points
Opened but did not decant. Was generally accessible in 20 min but will decant next time, as this is still tightly wound overall. Murky purple color with a ruby hue. Floral nose brings spicy anise, blueberry compote, purple lavender, clove cigarettes, and diesel petrol. The palate is medium, compact, and hard, bringing a core of blackberries, blueberries, and chocolate raspberries mixed with wild game and crushed rock. The finish is hard and tannic, so best with food. This is refined and polished yet still primary and hard and will be best 2026-2036. Technical score: 93. Enjoyment score: 93.
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12/30/2023 - benoitguisti Likes this wine: 98 Points
St Jo Pierre Gonon 2019 Rouge has a clear, deep purple color appearance.
After 3 hours you get a dark olives, tobacco, dark cherry baked in the clafoutis cake.
It is a full bodied wine yet elegant with a velvety tannic structure. Violet flowers, black olives, blackcurrant, clafoutis cherry and tobacco flavours.
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11/18/2023 - brooklynguy wrote:
Not decanted and takes less than an hour to be fully open. Very dark in fruit and mineral profile on the nose, almost tarry. Clean though, and fresh. Something floral emerges too, like candied purple flowers. Good acidity on the palate and the wine is well balanced. Enjoyable wine that seems to be fully approachable now, and doesn’t really seem as though there is anything in reserve - this is the wine. It’s not very articulate or detailed, and it’s more power and concentration than nuance and grace. That’s the vintage, I suppose. This is not a wine I’m going to age for very long.
And now after writing this I read my previous note - quite a different impression this time. Perhaps I should have decanted this.
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11/11/2023 - Jeremy Holmes wrote:
Menthol, dried flowers and plum and raspberry fruits. Silky, voluminous and fleshy, but understated at the same time. Grip without force. Perfume and expansion. Really good.
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9/16/2023 - Isaac L Likes this wine: 93 Points
At Claudine. Drank beautifully with steak tartare and roast pigeon.
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8/13/2023 - Peter Spijker Likes this wine: 93 Points
Had the '17 followed by the '19, both after having some time in the decanter. The '17 for me was the more elegant of the lot, still with lots of black olive, cherry, some meatiness, herbs and flowers. The '19 is more of the same, but had (even) more intensity and power.
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6/28/2023 - EvoPeteMTL Likes this wine: 92 Points
This is so young. Very tannic and energetic. Olive brine, very greenish in the mouth. This year has potential so I would hold on to it.
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5/10/2023 - LB88 wrote: 94 Points
Opened this and double decanted leaving the decanter in the fridge for 2 hours before drinking. Was still a little tight but started to open up over the next hour and just had such a beautiful nose, silky tannins, long finish and so much power.
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4/14/2023 - nzinkgraf wrote:
Vintus Trip preceeded by 2 days in Paris; 4/14/2023-4/20/2023: w/ JB @ Le Mermoz in Paris (120Euro)
This is what I was going to go for, but also what the Somm recommended, so that’s that.
WOW, very Kalamata olive, with a toasty meat driven edge. A little citronella note behind that and Red Raspberry fruit starts to come more to the front with more time in the glass and the decanter.
There’s discussion of Ammanit de Cesar Mushrooms which JB said Alain Ducasse called the King of Mushrooms. Time to search these out….
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4/2/2023 - EricU Likes this wine: 95 Points
Elegant, classic northern Rhone. Blueberry, mineral, complex.
Very aromatic right from the cellar. Evolved nicely over next couple of hours. Would like to try again in 5 years.
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3/15/2023 - LW31 Likes this wine:
Superb albeit very young. Pure Syrah, great balance and depth. Such a pleasure. St Joe doesn’t get better
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3/4/2023 - LB88 wrote: 93 Points
Rich aromatic, complex and delicious
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2/25/2023 - Wine Canuck wrote:
This pours medium purple in the glass. The nose is a tad reserved today, fairly low intensity but what’s there is complex and very classically northern Rhone. Aromas are of fresh blueberry, cherry, orange peel, crushed granite, iodine, black olive, tar, menthol, and raw lamb meat. The palate is quite elegant for a young syrah featuring pristinely balanced texture. It enters on sweet fresh blueberry turning to medium tannin and medium acid along the lovely fresh finish that is medium in length showing a lovely mineral core. All in all this is a lovely young bottle of Gonon. Not yet complex, but with massive potential. Really well managed given the heat of the vintage. While I adore this wine I also can’t help but wonder if it truly lives up to the producer hype. Certainly the value proposition is questionable at $210 CAD (at a restaurant). I’ve had other young St Joseph and Crozes Hermitage that has delivered equal pleasure at a much lower price.
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1/31/2023 - benjamin96 Likes this wine: 92 Points
Tout un vin, deja approchable maintenant avec une heure de carafe, mais va tres bien vieillir. Textbook syrah, avec ses violette, mure, bacon et poivre. Nous a procuré beaucoup de plaisir!
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1/7/2023 - thesternowl wrote: 95 Points
A buddy of mine and I dropped into one of my favorite little cafes in Omaha to get a bite and share a bottle. We grabbed a table and I scampered off to select something from the wall. As I walked over to the Rhone section, I began to scan the labels and about fell over when I saw three bottles of Gonon low-key just chillin…priced under $70. At this point, there was no question what we would be drinking tonight.
Popped and poured; no formal notes. I fully knew this was going to be somewhat considered infanticide but how was I going to pass this opportunity up? The nose is classic Northern Rhone with olives, black pepper, bacon fat and gorgeous blue and red fruits. The tannins are medium+; the acid matches. And the texture? Well, she thiccc but there is a sexy confidence that is enormously becoming. Finish is long and super satisfying. Fun to try young but I expect this to be a very lovely bottle for many years to come. Drink now with some patience (and an open mind) or through 2034 with ease. Oh…and you best believe we took the other two bottles home with us.
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12/22/2022 - fcxj wrote: 92 Points
Touch of natural wine stink and oh so polished. What every Syrah should taste like.
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11/28/2022 - MasterWis Likes this wine: 94 Points
Surprisingly approachable already, but will definitely getting (even) better with age.
Superb nose, great depth on the palate already with a very long finish.
My first Gonon and clearly not disappointed
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10/30/2022 - davidb18 Likes this wine: 95 Points
This is superb. I join in each of the reviews below. Fruit, herbs, pepper with richness and berries, medium acidity. Drinking well now after some air. Lots of years ahead as well.
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9/24/2022 - acyso wrote: 93 Points
Montréal; 9/23/2022-9/24/2022 (Montréal, QC): At Restaurant h3. The obvious comparison is to the 2015, which is probably the best edition of this wine in recent memory. The nose is intoxicating with tons of classic syrah notes, with peppercorn, olive brine, and smoke dominating. Of course there is plenty of juicy black fruit as well, and in fact the nose is very much evocative of the great 2015. The palate falls a little short in comparison, showing some lightness that also manifests as slightly short. Surprisingly lithe for such a ripe wine, though. Needless to say, this got significantly better with air.
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9/6/2022 - Hanibal Likes this wine: 92 Points
Such a good wine, lots of violetts, spices. A wine to smell all night long.
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8/20/2022 - chngpw Likes this wine: 94 Points
My first ever Gonon and it did not disappoint. On the nose, light barnyard notes persist throughout hours of decanting. The dominant aroma alternates between cassis, cola and dark chocolate. On the palate, deliciously woody and meaty, full bodied with chewy tannins. Finish is very long and the wood lingers for ages. There is so much here already despite its age. Irresistible!
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8/4/2022 - mattym19 Likes this wine: 92 Points
By the bottle at Sager & Wilde in London. Nose is classic Syrah: black and blue with cracked pepper and rosemary. Palate is nicely linear, great acidity, not too much tannin but enough to know you’re drinking something good. More rosemary, black olives, hint of charcuterie, blackberry, floral and lifted. Very complex but very clearly delineated. Beautiful wine. Drank way too young but that’s restaurant drinking for you.
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7/23/2022 - k H i L o Likes this wine: 92 Points
Une très belle découverte que ce producteur.
C'est à la fois puissant et élégant avec un énorme potentiel qui DOIT se plier au temps, mais néanmoins, n'exagérons pas. À ce jour, c'est "92" et pas un demi point de plus.
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7/22/2022 - alanr wrote: 93 Points
Dark, almost opaque garnet, attractive nose, showing crushed berries, violets, white pepper, a volcanic rock note; what a lovely palate, full bodied but not heavy, intense and deep without being overbearing, beautifully balanced, nicely complex, with hints of black olive, light spice, crushed rocks. Structured for significant aging, but very drinkable now for those tolerant of some tannins. A classic, somewhat warmer vintage Rhone.
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7/12/2022 - BVal wrote: 93 Points
Birthday night out; abbreviated note.
Color/App: deep plum/ruby core -> light ruby rim; medium+ viscosity. Great bouquet of iron, meat, black cherries and a little earth. Somewhat tannic palate that smoothed out with my duck confit dish. Showed lithe and light on its feet but with great poise and balance and the stuffing to develop well I would think. Young times . . . worth following. 93-94+ upside.
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7/2/2022 - SARED wrote:
Off the list at Le Supreme @ Lyon for $70.A wow vintage for Gonon witb big fruit and more precision than the 2018. Would love to try this in a decade. This is the first Gonon I’ve really liked, but I haven’t that many.
Nose full of savory smoke, pepper, olive tapenade.. after a 60 min decant there is no fruit on the nose. Conversely the palate is full of super primary fruits with big raspberry, juicy ripe cherry and savory plums and some black pepper. Felt pure and concentrated,, but with a lot of rounded, juicy fruits. Med+ acidity. Sleek mouthfeel. Polished tannin. Good balance. I suspect this will be great… in 10-15years. 14% 93+, maybe underscored.
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7/2/2022 - wineappellation Likes this wine: 97 Points
Jumping out of glass pronounced complex aroma of Wild herbs, lavendar, blackberry and blackcherry jam, black olives, tarry minerals and camp-fire like smoke, tea leaves, sweet spices like cloves and junipers, white pepper and hint of licorice. How beautiful Syrah.
Exceptional balance, great mid palate focus, precise and dense. A truly great Syrah with ethereal sensation and elegant purity. 97++
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4/26/2022 - beatles wrote: 93 Points
This is a great wine. Complete in every sense, sensual Syrah with plenty of olives and black berries present, local herbs, deep and very clean fruit, much too young, but then again, there it was - and heavily allocated at home. 93+
#LesPapilles
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4/22/2022 - Philippe_C wrote: 97 Points
WOW, very black fruit, loads of characoal, mineral, incense... Very very delicious, superb balance, quite light, concentrated and long at the same time, great great wine!!
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4/4/2022 - Guillaume-en-égypte Likes this wine:
Given a very quick carafe, this was already delicious! Dark berry fruit, black cherry, slate - iron mineral / savoury quality, great definition - already showing plenty of interest and elegance. Tannins are present, but in no way aggressive or obtrusive. As others have noted no crime to open now, although I'm in no doubt it will be even better with some / many years in bottle (...and for present enjoyment the 2018 is just a nose in front). The prices these go for seem to get a bit daft pretty quickly, but for just over £50 this is worth every penny. 92++++++++++++++
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3/7/2022 - mye wrote:
Tasty - age will of course improve it.. but olive, iron, meat syrah goodness..
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3/5/2022 - Ericsson Likes this wine: 93 Points
Ouvert 15 min et servi dans de grands verres à Barolo, le vin s'est livré assez rapidement.
Superbe robe prune foncée et brillante.
1er nez sur la tapenade d'olives noires, ensuite mûres et cerises noires, puis épices et lavande.
En bouche, le vin est un peu plus retenu, mais on devine une belle profondeur, de la maturité et de la complexité qui devrait s'affirmer dans les années à venir.
Tanins de qualité et bonne longueur.
A mon sens, ce n'est pas un crime de le goûter même s'il va sans doute s'épanouir dans les prochaines années.
93-94+
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1/8/2022 - soyhead wrote:
N - olive, grilled meat, chocolate, deep and dark
M - dark fruited but ultimately verve suave and fresh. rich but not heavy. seductive. A lovely expression of Syrah.
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12/15/2021 - Stanrocks Likes this wine: 91 Points
Tasted at the estate after barrels of 2021 not blended and the finished 2020
very ripe nose of Cassis, and dark black fruits, unusual for the estate, riper and no classic markers of that dark olive n northern rhone style...
Palate is full, round, dense, fruity and untypical, still fresh, but a riper side of the Syrah
Drinking well young I believe
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10/29/2021 - The Guzz wrote:
Sweet, ripe, nose of olives, brine, menthol and herbs. Sweet palate, almost off kilter in ripeness but not heavy. Attractive in the Gonon savage nature but lacking the depth of 18/16. Hopefully just young and unruly because the 19 Feray was so good. Not going to open another for awhile but the Feray is great out the gate.
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9/6/2021 - brooklynguy wrote:
Double decanted about 2 hours before drinking. Gorgeous florals on the nose - lavender. Also dark fruit, meat and olive, but the wine isn’t ready (unsurprising). It’s not harmonious yet, it’s a bit muddled and jerky. Particularly on the palate, where it’s obvious that the material is of high quality, that the component parts are there, but they’re not working together yet. Drunk alongside the 2019 Ile de Feray and 2019 Rousset Crozes Hermitage, and both were more ready to drink and more rewarding at this stage. This wine, I’d not revisit for another 10 years minimum.
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9/2/2021 - Jeremy Holmes wrote:
Deep, spicy and tight. Plenty of menthol and dried flowers. A core of blackberry and plum fruits. Dense and chewy, Loads of potential but the '19 Feray is far more enjoyable at this very early stage.
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7/17/2021 - pclin wrote: 92 Points
PnP. ABV 14%.
Took delivery of my annual allocations this week, time to have an early look. Flowers, stems and oyster shells on the nose. Spicy and rich on the palate, fine grained tannins, and very slight warmth at finish. Dark fruits and dense. Stemmy notes are more prominent than previous vintages. According to JLL, 80% whole bunch fermentation, time to dial back a little?? 5 hours later, this had improved a little bit, stemmy notes were no longer so annoying, deserved a slight upgrade in score. ‘15 and ‘16 were better at this stage. Yet to open any ‘17 and ‘18.
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