2010 Delas Frères St. Joseph Cuvée Francois de Tournon

Community Tasting Notes (46) Avg Score: 90.7 points

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  8/17/2024 - twoheadedguy Likes this wine: 91 Points

  I didn’t decant, wasn’t sure how it would show. It pops right away, glad I didn’t. Aromatics are savory with some floral tones. Briary dark blue and black fruit. Tannins are a touch gritty but I find that typical of st Joseph, and I don’t think more time will help.

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  6/2/2024 - dsimmons wrote: 87 Points

  Last bottle. Still nothing special

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  3/11/2024 - WojteG Likes this wine: 93 Points

  First thing first.
  Even as I was pouring the wine from the bottle into the decanter, I smelled aromas of blueberries and blackberries. Second thing - I've never seen so much sediment before as in this bottle, whether it's good or bad, we'll soon find out.
  An hour in the decanter
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  Very interesting wine. Very rich, on the one side heavy and on the second one light. Both smell and taste.
  Heavy aromas - barbecue meat, prune, blackberry, leather, smoke ( 10 thousand pounds)
  Light one - blueberry, forest, minerals and a lot of fragrances.
  The taste is about the same.
  10000 pounds of black fruits including prune, but also minerals, mint(?), herbs. Long finish with spice. Perfect acidity and tannins.
  I would say it's "intellectual" wine, where you can split hairs and debate about the impact of the dark side of the moon on snow in Sahara 😃
  🎼🎶🎵🎶🎶
  2010 in North Rhone got 97 points according to the WA Vintage Guide.
  Extraordinary. Still tannic, youthful or slow to mature.
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  RP - 96
  Vinous - 93
  IWC - 92
  JS - 91

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  2/1/2024 - devraj Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Deep saturated dark red in color. Dominant aromas of dark licorice, reddish black berries, dried meats, hint of violets, pepper and earth. A structured palate follows through with savory dark berries, peppered and cured meats, medium acidity, firm tannins and an earthy finish.

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  3/12/2023 - acyso wrote: 80 Points

  March Rhônes (Chicago, IL): St. Joseph is the most marginal of the four great terroirs in the Northern Rhone, so dumping a bunch of oak on it does it no favours. Bitter toasted oak dominates anything syrah-related here. A real waste.

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