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2017 M. Chapoutier St. Joseph Les Granits

Removed from a professional wine storage facility; Purchased at retail; Consignor is original owner

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RATINGS

96Jeb Dunnuck

...stunning bouquet of blackcurrants, blackberries, ground pepper, scorched earth, and graphite. This carries to a rich, medium to full-bodied, powerful Saint Joseph that has beautiful depth, no hard edges, and a great, great finish.

95Decanter Magazine (points)

High-toned liquorice and charcoal notes are joined by violets, blackberry and blackcurrant leaf...beautifully elegant expression in the mouth, with piercing acidity and serrated, saline tannins...very long and errs towards overextraction, yet the extraordinary concentration is allied with freshness.

94The Wine Advocate

...packed with licorice and blueberries, yet it walls them off under notes of crushed stone and an impressive structure...full-bodied and intense...

94Wine Spectator

Lightly mulled in feel, featuring raspberry and plum notes, steeped with anise, black tea and bay leaf accents. Singed juniper hints check in through the finish. The long finish smolders pleasantly.

93Vinous / IWC

Fresh black and blue fruit, floral and spice qualities on the assertively perfumed nose, which picks up suave mineral and vanilla flourishes with air. Sappy, focused and appealingly sweet, offering palate-staining blueberry, cassis and cherry preserve flavors and hints of salty olive, licorice and candied violet. Blends depth and energy with a steady hand and closes impressively long and spicy, with a resonating mineral note and well-knit tannins coming in late.

17+ Jancis Robinson

Violet, black cherry, blackcurrant, fragrant spices with lovely tarry notes and the finest grade of tannins imaginable. Very chewy...impressive fragrance.

PRODUCER

M. Chapoutier

Founded in 1808, M. Chapoutier is one of the most renowned producers of the Rhone Valley. Though the producer was for much of its history a negociant known for decent but unremarkable wines, the newest generation of the Chapoutier family to run the business, Michel Chapoutier, has since the early 1990s turned the estate into a star. Michel embraced biodynamic viticulture in 1989, completely renovated the cellars and upgraded the elevage by using small oak barrels. With 151.9 acres of vineyards divided between the north and south regions of the Rhone Valley, M. Chapoutier is also one of the largest producers. Nearly 120,000 bottles total are produced each year. The prestige cuvees at the top of the M. Chapoutier line are neither fined nor filtered, giving them a richness and great concentration. Grapes grown by the estate are Syrah, Marsanne, Grenache, Grenache Blanc, Clairette, Bourboulenc and Roussanne. The vines average between 50 and 100 years old.

REGION

France, Rhône Valley, Northern Rhône, St. Joseph

The Northern Rhône Valley wine region hugs the Rhône River from Vienne in the north to Valence at its southern tip. The French call the region Côtes du Rhône Septentrionales, and it is divided into eight appellations. Along with its neighbor to the south, the Southern Rhone Valley, it is famous for its big, tannic, intensely concentrated wines. Syrah is the only red grape permitted in AOC wines from this sub-region, though the Syrah can be blended with the white wine grapes Viognier, Marsanne and Roussanne, depending on the regulations for each AOC. White wines are made from Viognier, Marsanne and Roussanne. Of the eight appellations in the north, the most admired wines tend to come from Côte-Rôtie, Condrieu and Hermitage, though there are certainly exceptional wines to be found in St. Joseph, Crozes-Hermitage, St.-Peray, Crozes-Hermitage and Cornas. Along with Bordeaux, Burgundy and Champagne, Rhône wines are among France’s best known and most collected wines. Red wines from these appellations are notable for their signature aromas of bacon and green olives, and for their depth. Robert M. Parker, a great champion of Rhone wines, has written that “the northern Rhône produces three of the greatest wines in the world – the white wines of Condrieu and the red wines of Côte-Rôtie and Hermitage.”

TYPE

Red Wine, Syrah (Shiraz)

This grape is grown in milder climates and produces a medium-to full-bodied wine. It is also known as Shiraz, but should not be confused with Petit Sirah, which was developed by crossing Syrah with Peloursin.

VINTAGE

2017 M. Chapoutier St. Joseph Les Granits