2016 Domaine André Perret Saint-Joseph

Domaine André Perret

Saint-Joseph

Syrah/Shiraz from Rhône, France

RP
90
R480

Bottle size:

750 ml

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"Off a granite site in Chavanay, Perret's 2016 Saint Joseph is a tarry, black olive-scented wine that comes across as full-bodied and sturdy but also ripe and juicy. Black cherries linger on the mouthwatering, silky finish." WA
Blackberry
Black Pepper
Black Olive
Tar

Domaine André Perret

When André Perret was growing up in Chavanay in the northern Rhône Valley most of the land there was planted to orchards including the bulk of the family’s own small estate. Their roots were in Burgundy though where André’s forefathers owned and worked vineyards in Chassagne-Montrachet until World War II forced them to relocate. As a young man André studied biology and took a job as a cancer researcher but he felt cooped up in the laboratory and dreamt of a life outdoors. In 1982 after completing a degree in viticulture and enology he returned to his hometown and started out with a few small rows of vines that had belonged to his uncle. At that time there were just two other vignerons in Chavanay and the region was in decline but he believed profoundly in the value of the local terroirs and worked hard to valorize the area becoming president of the department’s association of young agriculturalists and establishing programs that would encourage people to settle down and plant vineyards there. He also worked tirelessly to develop his own estate expanding production by renting vineyards and replanting the family lands to vines. Today he is proud to be surrounded by dynamic passionate young vignerons and to see that most of his neighbors’ children are eager to take over the family estates as they grow up. Perret’s approach to winegrowing is classic: respect each individual terroir—he produces several single-vineyard wines—and work the soil to avoid the need for chemical treatments. His goal is to make fresh structured wines in “a sort of Burgundian style” as he says but without too much wood; wines that aren’t too worked over and will age well. His Condrieu bottlings are reference points for the entire appellation. In 1995 André built a new cellar but he has never expanded beyond the very best terroirs and keeps the estate small so he can maintain his standards of manual labor in the vineyards and individual attention to all of his wines.

Description

"Off a granite site in Chavanay, Perret's 2016 Saint Joseph is a tarry, black olive-scented wine that comes across as full-bodied and sturdy but also ripe and juicy. Black cherries linger on the mouthwatering, silky finish." WA

Blackberry
Blackberry
Black Pepper
Black Pepper
Black Olive
Black Olive
Tar
Tar

Food Pairing

It goes perfectly well with a roast leg of lamb or a rack of lamb.

Hard Cheese
Hard Cheese
Charcuterie
Charcuterie
Beef
Beef
Lamb
Lamb

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