2020 Domaine Faury St. Joseph La Gloriette Vieilles Vignes

Community Tasting Notes (6) Avg Score: 91 points

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  1/21/2024 - JonBarnes1 Likes this wine:

  Fantastic as ever. Old vine serine whose preservation Kermit helped facilitate. Now to everyone’s benefit. A perfectly sequenced parade of dark and inky fruit mixed with herbs and smoke, from the nose to the extended finish. Now time to restock.

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  12/31/2023 - JonBarnes1 Likes this wine:

  Took top place in our blind tasting of Northern Rhone (all subregions represented), by a wide margin. Score one for Serine grape; this is 100% Serine. One of the only Northern Rhônes I drink and keep with regularity.

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  12/7/2023 - Jon Harrison Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Imported by Kermit Lynch). Vines planted between 1937 and 1976. 0.9 ha. Aged for 15 months in oak demi-muids (600L) and barrels (220L).
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  Color: Med-dark to dark ruby.
  
  This wine was significantly better two days later on vacuvin. Which bodes will for the future of this wine.
  
  Nose: At this young age (late-2023), very primary, classic northern Rhône nose of smoky black/purple plum, blackberry, black olive, black licorice, violet, with a kiss of fusel smoke.
  
  Palate: Med-full body. Black plum, blackberry, black raspberry, and blk olive Syrah fruit. Light on its feet but with a rich, sweet mid-palate, yet tart finish. Soft tannins. 14% alc.
  
  I adore the 'soul' by this wine. Drinks fine now. Still, this would be better with more bottle age.
  
  91 pts.
  Delicious and primary now.
  Best drinking window: 2025 to 2030.
  This will develop smokey, dried-cherry red fruits with age.
  
  JGH sommelier CMS-III, San Francisco/BayArea, CA.

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  10/16/2023 - MattMauldin Likes this wine:

  Wine & Spirits Top 100 Wineries Tasting Event - Quick Impressions - Oct 11: Generous black plum and berry with cracked peppercorn, rosemary, camphor & mesquite. Broadly framed but sturdy with grip and balance.

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  6/25/2023 - Vinnut Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Deep, dark reddish-purple in color; essentially opaque. Full, forward & attractive nose of ripe fruit aromas of cherries, blueberries & cassis with overtones of floral notes of violets & earthy/dusty notes, spices, pepper, minerals, a hint of garrigue & oak/vanilla in the background. Full bodied with a very good concentration of well balanced & smooth textured, ripe fruit flavors of cherries, blackberries & plums with spices, herbs, minerals & a touch of oak/vanilla. Lingering finish. Drinks well with decanting & extended airing but has the fruit & structure to continue developing with additional aging at which time it may merit a higher score (92+).

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