Saint-Joseph

Now this is aromatic - wild black pepper and pine resin come straight at you, then a vegetal thread runs through both nose and palate. Round on entry, properly gentle, with the kind of grounded weight that doesn't lift off the table. Delicious and elegant in a way that doesn't have to announce itself. The finish is lovely - properly salty, holding for a beat. The reductive lift and the barrel work play together cleanly here, neither one pushing the other out of frame. The kind of Saint-Joseph that just behaves.