2016 St. Joseph Rouge, Les Clos, Chapoutier (6 x Bottle)
Deep lurid violet. Pungent, spice-laced black and blue fruit, floral, olive and smoked meat aromas, along with a building licorice quality. Stains the palate with deeply concentrated black currant, bitter cherry, violet pastille and smoky bacon flavors that turn sweeter on the back half. Solid, gripping tannins support a very long, chewy finish that emphatically echoes the floral and bacon notes.
2016 St. Joseph Rouge, Les Clos, Chapoutier (6 x Bottle)
Deep lurid violet. Pungent, spice-laced black and blue fruit, floral, olive and smoked meat aromas, along with a building licorice quality. Stains the palate with deeply concentrated black currant, bitter cherry, violet pastille and smoky bacon flavors that turn sweeter on the back half. Solid, gripping tannins support a very long, chewy finish that emphatically echoes the floral and bacon notes.
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| Style | Medium-Full , Dry , Spicy |
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Vinous
Lurid violet. Vibrant and focused on the nose, displaying fresh, mineral-inflected black and blue fruit scents and hints of incense and black cardamom. Shows impressive energy and spicy lift to the sweet boysenberry and black raspberry flavors, which pick up a smoky aspect with air. Displays outstanding clarity and appealing sweetness on the floral-accented finish, which is shaped by silky, even tannins. This is showing more liveliness but marginally less richness than the Les Granits right now.
92-94 Points
By Josh Raynolds / June 2018