Delas Saint-Joseph Francois de Tournon 2017
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Pairs well with fine meats, spicy stews, grills, game, any kind of cheese.
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Jeb Dunnuck
The 2017 Saint Joseph François De Tournon is cut from the same cloth and has rocking notes of crème de cassis and crushed blackberries to go with obvious minerality, violets, and earthy notes. Deep, rounded, and opulent on the palate, it has remarkable purity of fruit, fine tannins, and considerable charm. It's slightly more rounded and sexier than the Sainte Epine release and will keep for a decade.
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James Suckling
Quite a complex nose with a fresh, spicy, red and dark-fruit edge with pepper and graphite. The palate has some bite and cut in the tannin department and a smooth, brambly finish.
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
The full-bodied 2017 Saint-Joseph Francois de Tournon offers up armloads of dark fruit and black olives alongside hints of mocha and graham crackers. There's a gentle herbal edge evident on the lengthy finish, but this full-bodied effort is silky and elegant from start to finish. It should drink well for 5-6 years, perhaps longer. Tasted twice (once blind), with consistent notes.
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Wine Spectator
Juicy dark cherry and black currant fruit is mixed with anise, apple wood and pepper notes. Reveals a light brambly echo through the finish. Drink now through 2024.
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Marked by an unmistakable deep purple hue and savory aromatics, Syrah makes an intense, powerful and often age-worthy red. Native to the Northern Rhône, Syrah achieves its maximum potential in the steep village of Hermitage and plays an important component in the Red Rhône Blends of the south, adding color and structure to Grenache and Mourvèdre. Syrah is the most widely planted grape of Australia and is important in California and Washington. Sommelier Secret—Such a synergy these three create together, the Grenache, Syrah, Mourvedre trio often takes on the shorthand term, “GSM.”
Spanning the longest stretch of river in the northern Rhône—from Condrieu in the north, to Cornas in the south—the heart of St.-Joseph lies directly across the Rhône River from Hermitage. While its soils are basically the same as Hermitage: granite, supplemented by sand and gravel, its east facing slope receives less sunlight than Hermitage, which causes less overall berry ripening on its Syrah vines. However, some of the best of them can rival any fine expression of Hermitage, Cote-Rotie or Cornas with concentrated black fruits, dark spices, crushed rock and violets. A general advantage of the region is that its Syrahs typically don’t need as much time in the bottle compared to a Cote-Rotie or Hermitage and are much easier on the bank account!
A textbook St.-Joseph red is firm with a core of minerality that is enhanced by savory and peppery qualities. Aromas and flavors of smoke, olives, herbs, and violets are common; its wines are dense in red and black fruit.
St.-Joseph is also a source of fine northern Rhône white wine. Viognier, Marsanne and Roussanne grow well here and can be blended or made into single varietal wines. St.-Joseph whites are full and silky with citrus, pear and pineapple flavors and a rich bouquet reminiscent of honeysuckle, toasted nuts, spice and caramel.