Very nice, young Saint-Joseph. Vibrant and pure dark red and black fruits, lifted sense of dried flowers, bit of smoked meat, Syrah's iron tang. Very nice balance, with a thin scrim of drying tannins on the finish. This is so gaga young that the fruit dominates, and it's delicious at that--at least at first. With air, the wine veers away from Northern Rhone Syrah typicity, taking on a darker and riper fruit complexion and losing some of its sense of place.
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4/18/2012 - Chomsky wrote:
Very nice, young Saint-Joseph. Vibrant and pure dark red and black fruits, lifted sense of dried flowers, bit of smoked meat, Syrah's iron tang. Very nice balance, with a thin scrim of drying tannins on the finish. This is so gaga young that the fruit dominates, and it's delicious at that--at least at first. With air, the wine veers away from Northern Rhone Syrah typicity, taking on a darker and riper fruit complexion and losing some of its sense of place.
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