austere and built-to-age finale

In what La Rioja Alta considers the greatest years (there have been three to date

it spent 15 months in 25% each of new French oak

incense and potpourri

The 1997 clearly belongs in this flight of milestones

Gonon, Saint-Joseph Oliviers Blanc Vintage:2019 austere and built-to-age finaleBrilliant straw yellow. Fresh, deep pitched tropical and pit fruit aromas are complemented by suggestions of honey and lemon zest. Ripe and fleshy on the palate, showing sharp definition to the energetic peach, pineapple and tangerine flavors. Finishes silky, focused and very long, displaying repeating peachiness and building mineral and floral qualities. Raised in oak demi muids, all of them neutral. Josh Raynolds