2018 Domaine Barge Syrah St. Joseph Clos de la Ribaudy

Community Tasting Notes (10) Avg Score: 91.7 points

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  12/8/2023 - CasperE Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Classic St. Joseph. Red and black fruited with a medium+ acidity. Spice and a little meaty tone, that is very like syrah. The balance is there, but let it get some air. Can be cellared for 5 years, but it is pretty good stuff right now.

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  1/11/2023 - JensAgo Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Fine, cool and classic Syrah from Domaine Barge, a - for me - new Northern Rhône friend. Very elegant, elusive & ethereal. Dark red, darker & deep core. Nose brimes with a mixed basket of red & black fruit - raspberries & cherries, blackberries & cassis, dried herbs, hints of meat, in a non-reductive style. Fruit-forward super-elegant medium+-bodied palate, as said ethereal (13.5%), velvety with ample complexity and layers, deep, sensational fruit, finishing with a slight grip and dusty tannins. My style of S-J!

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  9/10/2022 - ohne_musik wrote: 92 Points

  Label says 2018, cork says 2017. This doesn’t taste like it came from the solar 2018, but no way to know for sure. In any case, it is a very very fine St. Joseph. Alluring florals and a hint of spicy barnyard on the nose, with an elegant, understated palate with very pure red/purple fruit, savory and iron-inflected, but not meaty, with juicy acidity and gossamer tannins. Again just a tiny bit of brett which i find appealing. There’s something effortlessly pretty about this wine - you just keep wanting to go back for more. Drinks well on pnp and on day 2. Will be on the lookout for more Barge!

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  10/9/2021 - Paul S wrote: 92 Points

  Dinner at Ivan and Michelle's (Duchess): Very good tonight, especially with an aged prime rib of beef thrown over the BBQ. I really liked the nose on this, with its little notes of violets and garrigue, maybe a bit of lavender, all floating over aromas of blueberry pie, plums, and cherry liquer, these speinkled with a little hint of spice. With time, some earth and meat tones came out as well. Lovely. The palate still had a lot of youthful verve, with bright acidity and a grip of really fine, slightly powdery tannins framing delicious flavours of dark cherries and blueberries, peppery spice and garrigue, again with just that little hint of violets at the edge. Right at the end, a little touch of earth and mineral, and then another delightful burst of peppery spice came out as well. Still years away from peak, but this was already drinking really nicely for something so youthful.

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  7/30/2021 - MattMauldin Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Bright, dark-purple color. Lively aromas of smoked currant and plum, violets, mesquite char, pink peppercorn, green tea and clove. Ripe, succulent black fruit flavors with nicely rounded savory depth - exotic spices, musk and iron. Elegant density, piquant acid, easy fleshy tannins and a nice youthful expression. Finishes with nice umami and fruit depth. Good early drinker.

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