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• WojteG Likes this wine: 96 points

  December 10, 2023 - Another day and another great wine! Classical, but affordable Syrah 31€
  Deep purple color. A lot of blueberries and tons of black currant in the smell ( my 2 favorite aromas) Also black cherry, plum, minerals.
  Taste? Tons of black currants! Plums, black cherry, black chocolate and a lot of spice
  It sounds simple, but the wine has great structure, harmony and balance with perfect acidity and tannins
  Long, delicious, juicy finish.
  
  2015 was extraordinary. Still tannic, youthful or slow to mature according to the WA Vintage Guide - 97 points!
  How about the wine?
  RP - 96
  JD - 96
  WS - 93

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• forceberry wrote: 88 points

  December 7, 2022 - 100% Syrah from the steep Saint-Joseph vineyard in Tournon-sur-Rhône that gives the appellation its name. The destemmed grapes are fermented spontaneously and macerated for 4 weeks in concrete vats. Aged for 12-14 months in oak barrels (10% new). 14,5% alcohol. Tasted half-blind in a tasting of eleven 2015 Saint Joseph wines.
  
  Luminous, very slightly translucent and quite dark ruby-red color with youthful blueish highlights. The nose feels fragrant, clean and quite solar with sweetly-fruited aromas of ripe dark forest fruits, some brambly notes of black raspberries, a little bit of graphite or soot, light nuances of tobacco and a hint of sunny blackberry. The wine is silky smooth, rather ripe and moderately full-bodied on the palate with rich yet somewhat robust flavors of juicy dark berries, some gamey tones, a little bit of peppery spice, light ferrous notes of blood, a sweet hint of dark plums and a savory touch of meaty umami. The wine is high in acidity with quite ample and moderately grippy tannins. The finish is bold, moderately grippy and somewhat warm with a long aftertaste of powerful blackberry-driven fruit, some ripe plummy tones, a little bit of gamey meat, light spicy notes of crushed peppercorns, a hint of blood and a touch of tobacco.
  
  A rather big and ripe Syrah with lots of substance and impact. The wine is quite structured, thus nicely in balance, and the emphasis is on pure, well-delineated Syrah fruit, making the wine feel vibrant and expressive. However, the overall impression is still a bit too lush, ripe and sweetly-fruited for my taste with a bit too much alcohol heat. It feels like this might be a very lovely wine in cooler vintages, but in a warm vintage like 2015 lieu-dit Saint Joseph seems a bit too warm a place for making harmonious wines. Maybe the wine might drop some of its baby fat and sweet-toned fruit with age? At least the overall feel is still very youthful, packed with structure and bold fruit, promising volumes on the aging potential. However, I must say that at 65€ the wine feels simply too expensive for the quality. In our tasting the wine received two points from the ten participants, making it finish on fifth place.

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• Vintage 2015
• Type Red
• Producer Ferraton Père & Fils
• Varietal Syrah
• Designation Lieu-Dit
• Vineyard n/a
• Country France
• Region Rhône
• SubRegion Northern Rhône
• Appellation St. Joseph

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