Saint-Joseph
St Joseph is the second-largest appellation in the Northern Rhône with 50 growers producing wines from over 600 hectares of vineyards. Established in 1956, over 90 percent of the wine is red – made exclusively from the Syrah grape; the whites are typically a blend of Marsanne and Roussanne. The best St Josephs are still produced in its original heartland, between St Jean-de-Muzols and Mauves.
Bottle
£31.95
Bottle 12 x 75cl 1cs
Bottle 12 x 75cl 1cs
Simon Field MW, BBR Buyer, February 2012
Jérôme Coursodon’s reputation continues to soar. Ideally placed vineyards and a perspective which inclines towards perfectionism have both helped him on his way. Add to that the extraordinary natural benevolence of the vintage, and his legacy seems secure. It is fantastic to see such a famous old estate performing so well.
Simon Field MW, BBR Buyer, February 2012
Jérôme Coursodon’s reputation continues to soar. Ideally placed vineyards and a perspective which inclines towards perfectionism have both helped him on his way. Add to that the extraordinary natural benevolence of the vintage, and his legacy seems secure. It is fantastic to see such a famous old estate performing so well.
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
Eva Polaki, Wine Team
Simon Field MW, Rhône Wine Buyer
New to our En Primeur Offer, Domaine Durand has been ‘in my sights’ for several years. The engaging and highly competent brothers Joel and Eric are based in Chateaubourg just to the south of Mauves. They farm nine hectares of St Peray, seven in St Joseph and 19 in Cornas , where they belong firmly in the vanguard of the village’s much lauded jeunesse dorée….their philosophy favours later harvests, which , they advise with a smile, allows nature to ‘do more of the hard work’!
Simon Field MW, Rhône Wine Buyer
Jean-Michel is one of the great characters of the Valley, and a passionate advocate of all things vinous, as the quality of his Priorat joint venture underlines. Côte Rôtie, where his father was Mayor, is of course his natural homestead and where he communes with the vines with an almost preternatural understanding. What is bred in the bone…
Simon Field MW, Wine Buyer
Bottle 12 x 75cl 1cs
Simon Field MW, Wine Buyer
Bottle 12 x 75cl 1cs
Simon Field MW, Wine Buyer
Bottle 6 x 75cl 4cs
Oliver Barton, Buying Assistant
Bottle 6 x 75cl 38cs
Fiona Hayes, Rhône Buyer
Bottle 3 x 75cl 1cs
Simon Field MW, BBR Buyer
The fruits of the labours of the eponymous Pape de Condrieu, now in the able hands of his daughter Christine and son-in-law Paul, continue to raise the bar for Viognier. Paul advises that the 2011 season was heterogène and tardive, before adding, with a twinkle in his eye, that he prefers later harvests. Complexity is engendered, and that famous mineral finish, re-defining any preconceived ideas that one may have had about Condrieu, is famous indeed this year.