Domaine Gerard Courbis
Vieilles Vignes St. Joseph Syrah
St. Joseph, Northern Rhône, Rhône, France
Nothing like this wine. Amazing nose. So pure and classy. Olive, meat, blood, blueberry, mint, herbs, gravy, granite and so much more. A symphony of northern Rhone Syrah. Palate has so much freshness and so much clarity it’s really one of the most clean and vivid old school wines I’ve ever had. This is so clean and crystalline but never strays from its somewhat wild roots. What a wine. The granitic force from beginning to the end is something. Such good concentration and so pure. Juicy as all can be. Has those 18 tannins but ripe and sweet. A beautiful bottle of St. Joseph.
Nothing like this wine. Amazing nose. So pure and classy. Olive, meat, blood, blueberry, mint, herbs, gravy, granite and so much more. A symphony of northern Rhone Syrah. Palate has so much freshness and so much clarity it’s really one of the most clean and vivid old school wines I’ve ever had. This is so clean and crystalline but never strays from its somewhat wild roots. What a wine. The granitic force from beginning to the end is something. Such good concentration and so pure. Juicy as all can be. Has those 18 tannins but ripe and sweet. A beautiful bottle of St. Joseph.
Apr 3rd, 2022So damn good. There is so much elite wine in St. Joseph. Nose is stunning, layered and complex. Like if Sozet made St. Joseph. Olive, gamey meats, mint, dead fresh leaves. Red and black berry fruit. So complex. Deep and ethereal. Amazing fruit intensity. Lipstick like intensity. Palate is masterful. Gorgeous purity, texture and balance. So so juicy and terrific finesse. Just so loosey goosey on the palate. So juicy. Wow. Awesome velvety tannins. Showing youthful, accessible exuberance. Just so good. To be classic, old school, playful and accessible is something. So so precise. This always gets better with air. 9.5 for now. As this airs it gets more structured and the tannins become more prominent but so does the freshness. Concentrated and so so sappy.
So damn good. There is so much elite wine in St. Joseph. Nose is stunning, layered and complex. Like if Sozet made St. Joseph. Olive, gamey meats, mint, dead fresh leaves. Red and black berry fruit. So complex. Deep and ethereal. Amazing fruit intensity. Lipstick like intensity. Palate is masterful. Gorgeous purity, texture and balance. So so juicy and terrific finesse. Just so loosey goosey on the palate. So juicy. Wow. Awesome velvety tannins. Showing youthful, accessible exuberance. Just so good. To be classic, old school, playful and accessible is something. So so precise. This always gets better with air. 9.5 for now. As this airs it gets more structured and the tannins become more prominent but so does the freshness. Concentrated and so so sappy.
Jan 8th, 2021
Haunting nose - sort of a dark fruit-meaty-mint accord. Big expressive palate - big wine, but tempered with cool minerality. Pine, eucalyptus. Silky tannic finish. 😍
Haunting nose - sort of a dark fruit-meaty-mint accord. Big expressive palate - big wine, but tempered with cool minerality. Pine, eucalyptus. Silky tannic finish. 😍
1 person found it helpfulMar 1st, 2022
NOSE: chocolate, cooked meat, dark berries, honeycomb, stone and minerals. But all pretty restrained.
TASTE: horse, straw, BBQ, minerals (metals), charcoal, dark berries (but not a lot). BTW, that isn’t meant to be a recipe. Heavy tannin, but smooth. I do not care for the BBQ/smoke profile in wine, but this is very, very good. I imagine this could (should) age for a long time. As you’d expect, gets better with air …94…
NOSE: chocolate, cooked meat, dark berries, honeycomb, stone and minerals. But all pretty restrained.
TASTE: horse, straw, BBQ, minerals (metals), charcoal, dark berries (but not a lot). BTW, that isn’t meant to be a recipe. Heavy tannin, but smooth. I do not care for the BBQ/smoke profile in wine, but this is very, very good. I imagine this could (should) age for a long time. As you’d expect, gets better with air …94…