February 24, 2024 - Crimson rim; pulsates with dark fruit, whiff of tapenade & woodsmoke; rounded tannins & supple fruit; concentrated & real dept; extended. Yet to peak.
January 22, 2024 - Sombre! Opaque! Épais! Quelle texture, il en impose déjà visuellement.
Premier nez de Syrah rhodanienne solaire, bourré d’énergie, entre lard violette goudron, tapenade et mûre, qui fait beaucoup penser aux nez de Dard et Ribo.
La bouche, compacte, regorge d’acidité minérale, c’est serré (mais approchable, on est sur une 37,5), structuré, sec, mais très salivant. J’avoue que je ne retrouve pas le style Gonon en finesse, ce 2015 me paraît plus extrême, presque plus cornassien….
Au demeurant, il reste assez impressionnant.
January 21, 2024 - This producer always delivers! This wine seems to balance concentration and finesse. Lots of spice, olives, and black berries. Super aromatic as well. Glad to have another 5 bottles.
January 20, 2024 - Pearl of Burgundy gala dinner: From double magnum. Some semblance of approachability compared to the 2017/20 tried at the EP tasting. More classical smoked meat and olive northern Rhone notes compared to the younger vintages that showed more natural tendencies.
December 9, 2023 - Blue and black fruit, olives, grapefruit, stone. Rich and intense, maybe a little funk on the nose. Still quite a lot of tannins left but starting to soften. Great wine! Drink or hold.
December 3, 2023 - Marked by black olive, lavender and black peppercorn. It has everything one wants in an authentic northern Rhone syrah. But I dare say 09,10, and even 13 are ahead of this wine. Not as polished as I might have expected and a little less interesting. Just in need of a few more years I think. Would not pull another anytime soon. The rule of 15 abides.
November 15, 2023 - Incredible, concentrated nose with a core of beautiful black fruit together with touches of black pepper, spices and meat. Precise and intense on the full bodied palate. Great persistence on the finish. Delicious now but worth waiting if you can!
WSET Notes:
Deep ruby.
Pronounced on the nose with blackberry, black plum, black cherry, meat, leather, earth, black pepper and cinammon. Developing.
Pronouned and dry on the palate. Full body, high acidity, high tannins, medium alcohol, long finish.
Can drink now but has potential for ageing.
November 11, 2023 - This is one powerful wine. Very intense but still restrained, some reduction at first, lots of tannins. I wouldn't start drinking the coming five years.
November 10, 2023 - Gonon tasting; 11/10/2023-12/10/2023 (Utregs Wijnhuis, Utrecht, NL): Feels as a combination of the ‘20 and ‘17. Black fruit, olives, coffee, pepper. Medium+ acidity, high tannins, long finish. Brilliant on the palate, still needs more time. 92-93
November 2, 2023 - Decanted 45 mins or so before drinking. Real brine and olive nose to start. Later overripe strawberries. Some tannins still. WIth more time this becomes more integrated and together. Doesn't quite hit the heights of the 2010 Chave StJo drunk alongside but a proper and grown up St Joseph that would be super over an evening. Needs a more time though: 3-5 years?