Pierre-Jean Villa Saint Joseph Preface, 2019 Wine Books red cherry fruit

red cherry fruit

cranberry and hints of black pepper with lots of structure and fine tannins

it's delicious now thanks to the ripe

with dominant red berry aromas (cherry

A year with a wet spring and cooler-than-average weather until July

Pierre-Jean Villa Saint Joseph Preface, 2019 Wine Books red cherry fruitThis is the first red cuve of the domain, a wine with a terrific core of Syrah fruit, and it sets the tone (hence its name). At roughly 12,000 bottles, its the largest production. The vines grow in the northern, cooler sector of the appellation, the wine is made in a mixture of 225 liter and 600 liter barrels, all older, and the levage goes for 12 13 months (which will probably increase in the years ahead). The vineyard parcels total two hectares, or