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Tardieu-Laurent Saint Joseph Blanc Vieilles Vignes 2022$39.98Availability:In StockMarsanne 85%, Roussanne 15% from 30-40 year-old vines in Le Paradis sur Mauves, La Ribaudy sur Chavanay and Rochecourbe sur St Pierre de Boeuf
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Yves Cuilleron Saint Joseph Blanc Le Lombard 2022JD92$34.98Availability:In Stock92 Points! A step up, the 2021 Saint Joseph Le Lombard Blanc is more rounded and complete, with beautiful honeyed quince, spice, and dried herbs in a medium-bodied, round, supple package that's already a joy to drink. - Jeb Dunnuck
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Francois Villard Saint Joseph Poivre et Sol 2020VM93$31.98Availability:Out of Stock93 Points! Glass-staining ruby. An expansive bouquet evokes ripe black and blue truits, candied violet, bacon and cracked pepper. Shows very good depth as well as energy, offering appealingly sweet cherry, blueberry, spicecake and floral pastille flavors that take on olive and woodsmoke nuances with air. Shows excellent clarity and spicy cut on the impressively long, gently tannic finish, which leaves repeating floral and spice notes behind. Made with two-thirds whole clusters. - Josh Raynolds, Vinous Media
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Eric Et Joel Durand Cornas Empreintes 2020JD96$38.98Availability:In Stock96 Points! More density and depth, as well as precision, emerge from the 2020 Cornas Empreintes, a smaller production cuvée from 30-year-old vines. Its deep purple hue is followed by a beautiful perfume of black and blue fruits, bloody meat, pepper, and spring flowers. I love its focus and length on the palate, and it's medium to full-bodied, with plenty of tannins, a great mid-palate, and a salty, bloody finish that keeps you coming back to the glass. It's a “wow” Cornas for sure. - Jeb Dunnuck
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J.L. Chave Selection Saint Joseph Rouge Offerus 2021$34.98Availability:In StockHURRY, ONLY 6 LEFT! -
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August Clape Cornas 2020JD97JS97$179.98Availability:In Stock97 Points! The flagship 2020 Cornas is a beauty! Clearly in the same league as recent top vintages, it has a wild bouquet of black and blue fruits, liquid violets, game, and iron, with some incense and spice thrown in for good measure. It's slightly more round and sexy compared to the more powerful 2019, but it’s perfectly balanced, with ripe tannins and a great finish. This heavenly Cornas will be drinkable in just 3-4 years and evolve for two decades. - Jeb Dunnuck
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Lionel Faury Saint Joseph Blanc 2020WA91-94$34.98Availability:In Stock91-94 Points! In tank awaiting bottling at the time of my visit, Faury's 2020 Saint Joseph Blanc is the usual 60-40 blend of Marsanne and Roussanne. Pear, melon and citrus notes abound on the nose, while the palate is medium to full-bodied, reasonably rich but balanced, with a lingering hint of citrus pith on the long finish. It looks to be a bit longer-lived than the broader, fatter 2019 version. - Joe Czerwinski, robertparker.com
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Domaine Des Pierres Seches Saint Joseph Cuvee Aubert 2018$49.98Availability:In StockA complex, concentrated single-vineyard selection of very old vine Syrah from the most prized plot in the village of Saint-Jean de Muzols, one of the original founding villages of the Saint-Joseph appellation. Bright red and juicy black fruit, lots of peppery spice, incense and licorice and soy … and a finish that goes on for what seems forever. A great wine for the cellar, if you can resist it today.
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J.L. Chave Selections Saint Joseph Blanc Circa 2020$32.98Availability:In StockHURRY, ONLY 4 LEFT! -
Domaine du Tunnel Cornas 2019WS95JD96VM94$54.98Availability:In Stock96 Points! The 2019 Cornas is one hell of a base Cornas that should be snatched up by readers. Full-bodied, concentrated, and flawlessly balanced, with a texture like silk, it offers a kaleidoscope-like array of red and black fruits, tapenade, smoked game, black olive, and Asian spices. It’s a thrilling wine to enjoy over the coming two decades. - Jeb Dunnuck
95 Points! This is really packed, offering dense waves of cassis, plum compote and blackberry reduction flavors that stay well-defined as they rumble through, with ample cast iron, sweet tapenade, lavender and bay leaf accents. There’s loads of grip on the back end, but it’s well-integrated, so just let this unwind in the cellar. Best from 2024 through 2038. 1,000 cases made, 100 cases imported. - Wine Spectator
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Courbis Cornas La Sabarotte 2019JD99VM96$89.98Availability:In Stock99 Points! Lastly, the 2019 Cornas La Sabarotte is a candidate for the wine of the vintage in Cornas, and it’s about as thrilling as they come. Much riper and sexier, it reminds me of a great Hermitage from the Meal lieu-dit and has lots of cassis and blackberry fruits, notes of violets, ground pepper, iron, and some gamey meat, full-bodied richness, velvety tannins, and an awesome finish. It’s a big, rich, sexy wine that will take 4-5 years to shed some baby fat and have two decades of overall longevity. - Jeb Dunnuck
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Coursodon Saint Joseph Le Paradis Saint Pierre 2019JD96+WA94+$69.98Availability:In Stock96+ Points! The flagship 2019 Saint Joseph Le Paradis Saint Pierre ranks with the crème de la crème of the vintage, yet like most of the top wines, it's going to need bottle age. Deep ruby/purple-hued, it offers a gorgeous nose of black raspberries, cassis, cured meats, crushed stone, pepper, and dried flowers. Full-bodied, concentrated, and structured, it has the ripe, up-front, spicy fruit that's the hallmark of the vintage as well as the firmer, building tannins that will require at least 4-5 years of bottle age. This is stunning, though, and well worth seeking out. - Jeb Dunnuck
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Yves Cuilleron Saint Joseph Blanc Lieu Dit Digue 2020$37.98Availability:In StockHURRY, ONLY 3 LEFT! -
Johann Michel Cornas 2019WS94JD95+$59.98Availability:In Stock95+ Points! A wine readers should snatch up is the 2019 Cornas from Johan Michel, a majestic, full-bodied, incredibly seamless beauty that does everything right. It certainly shows the ripe, sunny style of the vintage and brings ample fruit, richness, and power, yet it still has incredible focus as well as purity and freshness. Black raspberries, cassis, blueberries, violets, bacon fat, and peppery notes all emerge from the glass, and it has no hard edges and a sensational mouthfeel that keeps you coming back to the glass. It will evolve for 15 years or more, and I doubt it will ever close down. Those who like ripe, sexy, yet still pure, focused, and flawlessly balanced Cornas should back up the truck for this sensational wine. - Jeb Dunnuck
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Yves Cuilleron Saint Joseph Rouge Les Serines 2016JD93JS94VM92$48.98Availability:In Stock93 Points! The 2016 Saint Joseph Les Serines is a beautiful wine that spent 18 months in 50% new French oak. Lots of blueberries, cassis, crushed violets, and damp rock notes all flow to a medium to full-bodied, supple, elegant Syrah that has terrific balance and building tannins. It shines for its purity of fruit as well as its balance, and will keep for 10-12 years. - Jeb DunnuckLearn MoreHURRY, ONLY 3 LEFT! -
Pierre Gonon Saint Joseph Blanc Les Oliviers 2018JD94VM94$89.98Availability:In Stock94 Points! Always one of the leading whites in the appellation, the 2017 Les Oliviers Blanc from the Gonon Brothers comes from a single terroir located just outside of Mauves, in the southern part of the appellation. Sporting a vivid gold hue as well as killer notes of quince, buttered citrus, honeyed minerality, and white flowers, it’s full-bodied, has bright acidity, and is perfectly balanced. I’d be happy to put this stunning white in a blind lineup of top Hermitage Blancs. Drink it any time over the coming decade or more. - Jeb Dunnuck Learn MoreHURRY, ONLY 1 LEFT!