Les Granits 2021
Rhône Valley - Saint-Joseph
 
                            Cotations
Dégustation
                                                    
                                                        
                                                            Oeil :
                                                        
                                                    
                                                    
                                                        very deep garnet red.
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    
                                                        
                                                            Nez :
                                                        
                                                    
                                                    
                                                        black fruit jam, smoked and mineral overtones.
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    
                                                        
                                                            Bouche :
                                                        
                                                    
                                                    
                                                        smoky and peppered aromas. Tight tannins with a long persistency in mouth. According to the vintage, the wine can be kept from 30 to 60 years, indeed from 50 to 75 years.
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                Les conseils du Sommelier : 
                                                                                    
                                        A very fine, elegant weave, the notes of blueberries and graphite play with the wine’s reduction with refined tannins.
Food pairing : Fish in tapenade sauce Small game, lamb Cooked pork meats Soft cheeses, goat's cheese
                                                            
                                                                
                                                                    Cépage(s) :
                                                                
                                                            
                                                            
                                                                Syrah. Selection of our oldest Syrah trunks in the birthplace of the Saint Joseph appellation.
                                                            
                                                        
                                                    
                                                            
                                                                
                                                                    Vendanges :
                                                                
                                                            
                                                            
                                                                The grapes are hand-harvested at a very good maturity.
                                                            
                                                        
                                                    
                                                            
                                                                
                                                                    Sol :
                                                                
                                                            
                                                            
                                                                Very poor and very stony granitic soils.
                                                            
                                                        
                                                    
                                                            
                                                                
                                                                    Vinification :
                                                                
                                                            
                                                            
                                                                The grapes are 100% destemmed. Slow fermentation in small concrete vats. The process of fermentation is very long and lasts for more than one month, to polymerize tannins. Only the free-run wine is used in this single vineyard.
                                                            
                                                        
                                                    
                                                            
                                                                
                                                                    Elevage :
                                                                
                                                            
                                                            
                                                                Entirely aged in casks (new casks and casks having matured wine once or twice before) from 16 to 18 months.
                                                            
                                                        
                                                    
                                                            
                                                                
                                                                    Degré d’alcool :
                                                                
                                                            
                                                            
                                                                13
                                                            
                                                        
                                                     
                         
                         
                     
                         
                 
                 
                 
                