Saint-Joseph Pitrou

Beautiful aromatic register on the open - properly floral, like stepping outside at night in a village, with the cool damp-air sense that goes with it. A vegetal undercurrent runs through, but the aromatic herbs take the foreground - spicy, lifted, quite alive. Super fresh on the palate, bright, ripe berried fruit pushing through the herbs, a faintly natty edge that doesn't tip over. Tasty enough - but the depth isn't there yet, the wine reads more sketch than painting. Not bad. Just not one I'd reach back for.