St. Joseph, Dom. Faury - 2019

Name: St. Joseph, Dom. Faury
Brand: Dom. Faury
SKU: 22083
Price: 32.99 USD
Availability: OutOfStock

Item # 22083 750mL

This is a traditionally made Saint-Joseph that is very pure in its expression of Syrah fruit. The grapes that go into this wine come from a single parcel that is set apart from the rest of the appellation's vineyards. Faury uses only old wood, allowing the granite soil of the region to speak loudly and clearly. Very concentrated and full of leathery and peppery notes on the nose and palate.

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Color

Red

Vintage

2019

Country

France

Region

Rhône

Sub-Region

St.-Joseph

Producer

Dom. Faury

Grape Variety

Syrah

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Staff Pick Notes

This lively Syrah had me scratching my head during a recent blind tasting. When I first put my nose into the glass, I smiled to myself, certain that this could only be Pinot Noir. A blast of cherry shot out of the glass and the wine had a translucence I would associate with a lighter style like Pinot and definitely not with Syrah. When I stuck my nose back into the glass, the world turned upside down and I realized just how wrong I was. I'd just been handed a bouquet of bacon and red roses, sprinkled with black pepper. I couldn't wait to taste. Smoky, meaty, floral, packed with dried herbs and heaps of pepper. Even in this timed blind tasting setting I had to pause, take a moment, close my eyes and savor - I had to stop and smell the roses (and bacon fat).

- TI

Glossary

Rhône

Prestige in the north, value in the south: that’s the quick version of the Rhône story. Southern village appellations produce a dizzying stylistic range of delicious wines, while the prices for northern “trophy” bottles can be dizzyingly high. If you like smoky, leathery, earthy, macho red wines, however, the wines of the northern Rhône are well worth it. Prestigious northern Rhône appellations include Condrieu, Côte-Rôtie, Hermitage, and St.-Joseph. In the southern Rhône, look to the village...

Syrah

We'd like to clear this up once and for all: the Shiraz grape is genetically identical to Syrah. Australian winemakers put "Shiraz" on the map (and, many would argue, vice versa), and the term is now used throughout much of the New World. Let it never be said, however, that Shiraz and Syrah are the same thing: the region in which the grape is grown determines much about the flavor of the wine it will produce. Typically, New World Shiraz yields bigger, fruitier wines than the the peppery Syrahs...