2018 St Joseph La Cotte Sud
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Saturated ruby. Spice-accented dark fruit preserve and floral scents, along with hints of olive paste, vanilla and black pepper. Sweet and expansive on the palate, offering plush blueberry and cherry-cola flavors and suggestions of licorice, mocha and allspice. Well-concentrated but vibrant as well, showing fine delineation. Floral and spice notes build on a long, subtly tannic finish.
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All destemmed and brought up in 50% new oak, the 2018 Saint Joseph La Cotte Sud is more backward and tight, with beautiful blue fruits, graphite, barbecue smoke, and violet-like aromas and flavors. It's full-bodied and concentrated on the palate yet has ample tannins, a seamless texture, and terrific overall balance. Give bottles 3-5 years and it should keep for a solid decade.
From granite-derived soils, the 2018 Saint Joseph La Cotte Sud boasts some dark fruit tones—plums and cassis—and a firm sense of underlying structure. Yet it's full-bodied and velvety in texture, a plush surface over sun-warmed stone that finishes long and layered. Tasted twice (once blind), with consistent notes.