Pierre Gonon, Saint-Joseph, 2013 new product with fifteen years behind it

with fifteen years behind it

Saline minerality with chalky structure

and at nearly a decade old this is exactly where Bandol gets interesting—the tannins resolved

keeping focus on terroir

pink flowers and crushed stone wrapped around a salty

Pierre Gonon, Saint-Joseph, 2013 new product with fifteen years behind itBenchmark Saint Joseph from one of the Northern Rhne's most beloved family domaines, in the firmest and slowest moving vintage of this run. Pierre and Jean Gonon farm steep, granite slopes in Mauves, the historic heart of the appellation directly across from the Hermitage hill, with which they share the same granitic bedrock. They farm organically (no chemicals since 2004; later certified), harvest by hand, and ferment whole ish clusters with native