(St Joseph ST COSME) 2007 Rhone Dear Friends, If you are a fan of Cote Rotie or any of the more perfumed northern Rhone examples, this wine is really going to surprise you - the purity and atmospheric character is laugh-out-loud lovely. You cannot produce Syrah like this anywhere else in the world and the aromatics are worth the cost alone. Usually I spit most wines in a broad tasting but not with this (I took the bottle home and drank what was left). In classic St. Cosme style, this wine acts more like a combination of extracted Cornas (masculinity) mixed with Cote Rotie (femininity) than lightly style St, Joseph. It's not quite rugged enough to be Hermitage but it will bowl over most other examples of St Joseph without losing focus or direction. A top 2007 that has turned out even better than I originally thought and (dare I say) a wine I could drink several times per week without blinking an eye: HIGHLY RECOMMENDED - this wine is hardly distributed in the US (unlike the Cotes du Rhone, Gigondas and Cote Rotie that have strong national presence). This parcel is directly from the source with perfect provenance: 2007 St. Cosme St. Joseph (there's a great opportunity right now, due to the depressed pound, to DI this wine out of the UK at $18-19, an absurd price for Syrah of this quality - my guess is you need to be quick as very little of this makes its way out of France) Thank you, Jon Rimmerman Garagiste Seattle, WA Rhone8730
By Jon Rimmerman
(St Joseph ST COSME) 2007 Rhone Dear Friends, If you are a fan of Cote Rotie or any of the more perfumed northern Rhone examples, this wine is really going to surprise you - the purity and atmospheric character is laugh-out-loud lovely. You cannot produce Syrah like this anywhere else in the world and the aromatics are worth the cost alone. Usually I spit most wines in a broad tasting but not with this (I took the bottle home and drank what was left). In classic St. Cosme style, this wine acts more like a combination of extracted Cornas (masculinity) mixed with Cote Rotie (femininity) than lightly style St, Joseph. It's not quite rugged enough to be Hermitage but it will bowl over most other examples of St Joseph without losing focus or direction. A top 2007 that has turned out even better than I originally thought and (dare I say) a wine I could drink several times per week without blinking an eye: HIGHLY RECOMMENDED - this wine is hardly distributed in the US (unlike the Cotes du Rhone, Gigondas and Cote Rotie that have strong national presence). This parcel is directly from the source with perfect provenance: 2007 St. Cosme St. Joseph (there's a great opportunity right now, due to the depressed pound, to DI this wine out of the UK at $18-19, an absurd price for Syrah of this quality - my guess is you need to be quick as very little of this makes its way out of France) Thank you, Jon Rimmerman Garagiste Seattle, WA Rhone87303/13/2009, (See more on Garagiste...)