2015 André Perret St. Joseph Les Grisières

Community Tasting Notes (8) Avg Score: 91.3 points

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  10/10/2023 - quaffnov Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Two hours of decant time, the nose is a little quiet but still solid, while the palate is on the slightly austere side to start off, with the structure and mouthfeel in the lead over the expression of the fruit. This pairs well with food which opens up what is has to offer when it comes to the palate quite a bit.

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  12/7/2022 - forceberry wrote: 90 Points

  This wine is a notch above the regular Perret Saint Joseph, made with fully destemmed older-vine fruit (average vineyard age 40 years) from vineyards in Chavanay, a commune in the northern parts of Saint Joseph near Condrieu. Fermented and macerated with the skins in stainless steel tanks for 15-20 days. Aged for 18 months in 225-liter barriques and 400-liter demi-muids (20% new). 14% alcohol. Tasted half-blind in a tasting of eleven 2015 Saint Joseph wines.
  
  Very deep and almost fully opaque blackish-red color. The brooding nose feels moderately meaty and somewhat reticent with quite little in the way of fruit, emphasizing more the aromas of tobacco and game, some savory woody tones, a little bit of allspice, light leathery nuances, a hint of peppery spice and a touch of dark plummy fruit. The wine is clean, harmonious and quite sophisticated on the palate with a medium body and slightly restrained flavors of bilberries, some savory notes of meaty umami, a little bit of tobacco, light brambly blackberry tones, a hint of old leather and a touch of peppery spice. The structure relies mostly on the high acidity, whereas the quite ample yet very ripe and silky tannins contribute more to the suave texture. The finish is rich, juicy and gently grippy with a long aftertaste of bilberries, some plummy tones, a little bit of old leather, light savory notes of meaty umami, a hint of tobacco and a touch of earth.
  
  A very nice, harmonious and attractive Saint Joseph that felt very elegant but maybe a bit understated when pitted against ten other St. Joes. However, as I've always said - fruit is overrated! Even if this wasn't the flashiest of wines, I enjoyed this wine much more compared to the some of the more expressive wines that came across as rather sweet, fruity and soft in nature - I prefer my St. Joseph wines dry, savory and crunchy. I didn't even detect any distracting new oak tones or bothersome alcohol heat, which was nice. It is definitely possible that the wine was just in an awkward phase now and will open up more with additional bottle age - at least the wine seemed to be in a fit shape now with good promise for future development. Nice stuff, priced somewhat according to its quality at 40€. In our tasting the wine received only one point from the ten participants, making it finish on shared sixth (ie. last) place.

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  10/23/2022 - vassnesen wrote: 90 Points

  Deep dark red. Modest nose of perfumed dark berries, hints of oak. Thick fruit of dark berries. More fruity than fresh. Ripe fruit with some sweetness. Powerful and massive wine. Polished tannins. Warm finish with good lenght. Nice and powerful Saint Joseph. For the next five to eight years.

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  10/28/2018 - drwine2001 wrote:

  2015 and 2016 St. Joseph (SF Wine Trading Company): Opaque. Pruny, oaky nose. Lush, ripe blackberry jam. Simple, woody, monochromatic. Astringently woody finish. Yuck. Clearly the most modern wine in the flight.

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  10/10/2018 - Andre Brattland wrote: 91 Points

  Druene kommer fra 40 år gamle stokker. Ståltank og franske eikefat, derav 25% nye. Modning i 18 måneder.
  
  Frisk og forførende på duft med tiltalende parfymerte kirsebær, bringebær, plommer, lakris, røyk. Lett sødmepreg. Middels fyldig vin med saftige og tiltalende mørkere rødbærs frukt. Flott graffitt og lakrispreg. Dette er som å ligge å lukte på asfalten. Litt brent kaffe på utgangen. Mangler litt konsentrasjon, men er aboslutt en god vin til en fin pris. 108 flasker.

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