Les Combaud St. Joseph Syrah

Been about a year and it seemed not as expressive but still incredible. Juicy, so red fruited and precise. Floral, lavender, herbal and so meaty but also hugely granite driven.

What a silly showing. Just ridiculous. One of the finest St Jo’s I have ever had. So silky and full of character.

Another grand slam from Sylvain Bernard. Nose is ultra granite. Some black berry but man is this stoney. Smells like the Cornas but more Burgundian. Maybe the most expressive mineral nose I’ve ever had in a St. Joseph. 9.8 nose. This is doing it for me. It is so expansive. Intoxicating. The level of herbs are incredible. Just a knockout. Elegant and deep on the palate with terrific ripeness and intense concentration. But man is this painfully young. Awesome blancs, purity and length and so juicy with intense mineral grip. This needs to flesh out and the fruit needs to become more prominent. It will. My last French wine for a while!

Purple flowers, olive, barely-ripe black fruit, leather, fine drying tannin 😍