2012 St Joseph
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Kicking off the three Saint Joseph releases, the straight 2012 Saint Joseph is a classic Northern Rhone Syrah that exhibits lots of pepper, underbrush and berry fruits in its medium-bodied, mid-weight, balanced and nicely focused personality. It’s not groundbreaking, but offers plenty of character. Drink it over the coming 4-6 years.
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Bright ruby. Red berries, cracked pepper, olive and violet on the perfumed nose and palate. Silky and appealingly sweet, with a fine-grained texture that reminded me of pinot noir. Shows no rough edges and finishes clean, nervy and long, with a subtle floral quality lingering. This is already drinking well.
100% Syrah. High toned, lightly leathery. Hint of balsamic. Lots of substance and more excitement than the Gaillard Crozes. Fairly light but very pure. (JR)
Kicking off the three Saint Joseph releases, the straight 2012 Saint Joseph is a classic Northern Rhone Syrah that exhibits lots of pepper, underbrush and berry fruits in its medium-bodied, mid-weight, balanced and nicely focused personality. It’s not groundbreaking, but offers plenty of character. Drink it over the coming 4-6 years.||Based out of the northern part of Saint Joseph, Pierre Gaillard fashions classic, fresh and traditionally styled reds from all of the Northern Rhône appellations. eRobertParker.com.December, 2014