After a particularly hot and dry summer, the harvest began on August 17th with a perfectly ripe crop of white grapes, early enough to preserve all their freshness and natural balance. The reds followed, benefiting from a few saving rains that gave them more refinement. We favored infusion over extraction on our Crozes-Hermitage and our Brézème, preserving the crunchiness of the Syrah and the very delicate fruit of the vintage. In the cellar, the punching down and pumping for the 3 weeks of maceration released power and character for our Cornas, Saint Joseph and Hermitage. After devatting, a long aging will allow the wines to develop their aromatics, refine their tannins and gain in amplitude. The balance is already beautiful with controlled degrees and a lot of depth.

The Saint-Joseph vines wind along the Rhône. They are planted on slopes covered in granite (decomposed in parts) facing east/south-east.

- Maceration and fermentation for about 20 days with pumping over for the first few days and then punching down towards the end.
- Ageing in conical vats for 12 months.

Beautiful deep red, almost black colour, with shiny ruby reflections. This wine opens with a superb complex nose with aromas of black fruit, pepper and spices, characteristic of this granite terroir. Elegant and powerful on the palate, it offers peppery and black fruit notes, very persistent, precise and delicate tannins, perfectly integrated by the barrel aging. The finish is long with mineral freshness. A wine of character, both powerful and digestible, a magnificent expression of Syrah.