2021 St Joseph l'Olivaie
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The 2021 Saint-Joseph L'Olivaie has to take the back seat to the more substantial 2022 rendition. Vinified from fully destemmed grapes, it presents a red-fruited profile of passable intensity combined with tomato leaf gradations. Although presenting more presence on the palate than on the nose, the 2021 has neither the required structure nor flavor concentration for extended bottle-aging.
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Alistair Cooper MW, jancisrobinson.com
Jeb Dunnuck
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The 2021 Saint Joseph L'Olivaie is rock-solid, offering pretty darker cherry and fresh fig-like notes as well as spice, game, and flowery incense nuances. This medium-bodied, supple, nicely balanced, and textured effort has outstanding potential and will certainly drink nicely right out of the gate.
Aged for 15 months in barrel (15% new oak). Cask sample. Tasted blind. Perfumed nose, violet, rose petal, damp earth and black pepper. Good fresh acidity and a tightly wound core of dark fruits with a smoked ashy note – pepper, spice and good intensity of dark fruits. Vibrant and robust, fine tannic structure should see this age very well. (AC)