Tardieu-Laurent Saint-Joseph Vieilles Vignes

The Saint Joseph appellation is gaining in traction as the fashionability of the Rhône soars in the world’s top fine wine markets. On the propitious side of the river, south-facing with the better sites riddled with schistous limestone and granite, Saint-Joseph is capable of superlative Syrah. Medium-bodied and vital of freshness, the best wines bridle Côte-Rötie’s soaring aromatics with Hermitage’s mettle. This, blue to dark fruit accented with a potpourri of liquorice, clove and five-spice is driven across the mouth by a skein of white pepper-soused acidity. A delicious and highly versatile expression of temperate Syrah.