2014 St Joseph Les Roches Vieilles Vignes
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Vivid purple. Ripe blueberry and candied violet on the highly perfumed, spice- and smoke-accented nose. Fleshy, seamless and appealingly sweet on the palate, offering intense black and blue fruit flavors and a hint of spicecake that gains strength with air. The spicy quality carries strongly through the finish, which hangs on with serious tenacity and building tannins.
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Jancis Robinson MW
Josh Raynolds
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100% Syrah, including Sérine (Syrah 60 years old and Sérine over 100 years old), Saint-Pierre de Bœuf, Chavanay, Sainte-Epine (granite-clay soils). Dark crimson. Unusually sweet nose. Tannins almost as though shined by a diamond polisher! A little salty on the end. Sort of sweet and salt. Then it just fades away a little on the end. Was the oak used on this wine unusually sweet? (JR)