2013 St Joseph
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A terrific Saint Joseph, the 2013 St Joseph has a touch of modern polish in its black raspberry/cassis style fruits, peppery spice and cured meat aromas and flavors. These flow to a medium plus-bodied, elegant and seamless red that has outstanding mid-palate depth and enough tannin to keep it going strong for 8-10 years. It’s one high quality red that would be a terrific intro into the wines of this estate.
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Richard Hemming MW, jancisrobinson.com
Josh Raynolds
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Black cherry, milk chocolate, light and easy-drinking. Correct, bright. A good house St-Joseph, should you need one. (RH)
Bright purple. Fresh black and blue fruits and cracked pepper on the highly perfumed, sharply focused nose. On the palate, lively cassis and bitter cherry flavors show an appealing sweetness and no rough edges. Clean, nervy and seemingly tannin-free on the finish, with the blue fruit notes echoing. I find this pretty delicious right now and consider it a more typical reflection of 2013 than Robert's Cornas bottlings, which have uncommon heft and brawn for the year.