Domaine de la Cote Saint-Epine, Saint-Joseph VV, 2012
This is serious northern-Rhone Syrah from one of Saint-Joseph's most respected old-vine sites. Domaine de la Cote Sainte-Epine, run since 2007 by Mikael Desestret, farms steep granite terraces above the village of Mauves, the historic heart of the appellation that once gave the region its old name 'Vin de Mauves.' The Vieilles Vignes bottling comes from the estate's oldest Syrah vines on those granite slopes, and granite is the key: it's what gives top Saint-Joseph its mineral cut and savory, peppery precision. The 2012 is a properly mature vintage now, so this is showing the smoky, leathery complexity that old-vine northern-Rhone Syrah develops with age. Decant and drink it; this is in its window.
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This is serious northern-Rhone Syrah from one of Saint-Joseph's most respected old-vine sites. Domaine de la Cote Sainte-Epine, run since 2007 by Mikael Desestret, farms steep granite terraces above the village of Mauves, the historic heart of the appellation that once gave the region its old name 'Vin de Mauves.' The Vieilles Vignes bottling comes from the estate's oldest Syrah vines on those granite slopes, and granite is the key: it's what gives top Saint-Joseph its mineral cut and savory, peppery precision. The 2012 is a properly mature vintage now, so this is showing the smoky, leathery complexity that old-vine northern-Rhone Syrah develops with age. Decant and drink it; this is in its window.
