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2011 St Joseph Rouge, Le Paradis Saint Pierre, Domaine Coursodon, Rhône

  • Red
  • Dry
  • Full Bodied
  • Syrah
Robert Parker
91-93/100
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2011 St Joseph Rouge, Le Paradis Saint Pierre, Domaine Coursodon, Rhône

Description

100% de-stemming and only 10% new wood was used for the 2011; this is indicative of the pleasingly pragmatic philosophy employed here (2010 differed on both counts). The 85% granitic slopes have yielded a bright and finely textured wine with supple tannins, mirror-bright acidity and plenty of depth.
Simon Field MW, BBR Buyer

Now respected as one of St Joseph’s top three growers, the naturally diffident Jérôme has acquired new confidence, and the wines return the compliment. The pedigree of their birth, that is to say the best, most precipitous, site in St Jean de Muzols, Tournon and Mauves, is now underlined by a suitably prestigious education, which is far from sentimental. For Jérôme, 2010 captures the best of 2006 and 2007, both of which have grown up very nicely indeed.


Colour Red
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2011
Alcohol % 14
Grape List Syrah
Body Full Bodied
Property Domaine Coursodon

Critics reviews

Robert Parker 91-93/100
Only made in the finest vintages, the 2011 St.-Joseph Le Paradis St.-Pierre is one of the top wines of the appellation. Although somewhat restrained from barrel, it exhibits great potential. A dense purple color is accompanied by sweet floral notes intermixed with black raspberry, black cherry and crushed rock-like characteristics presented in a full-bodied, beautifully etched style that has both power and finesse. Drink this classic St.-Joseph over the next 10-15 years. The tall, competent Jerome Coursodon is the fifth generation of his family to exploit the hillside vineyards of St.-Joseph. They began producing wines in the 19th century, becoming well-known in French wine circles in the 1930s. The majority of their vineyard holdings are on the hillsides above the village of Mauves, where the well-known Chave family has been making wines since 1472. The Coursodons also own parcels situated further north, above Tournon and in the most northerly sector of the appellation, St.-Jean de Muzols. By the way, if you see any of the four 2009 cuvees on your retailer’s shelf, snap them up as they are magnificent wines. Those wines have serious rivals in both 2010 and 2011. robert_parker, Wine Advocate #204, Dec 2012
Robert Parker, RobertParker.com (Dec 2012)

About this wine

Syrah/Shiraz

A noble black grape variety grown particularly in the Northern Rhône where it produces the great red wines of Hermitage, Cote Rôtie and Cornas, and in Australia where it produces wines of startling depth and intensity. Reasonably low yields are a crucial factor for quality as is picking at optimum ripeness. Its heartland, Hermitage and Côte Rôtie, consists of 270 hectares of steeply terraced vineyards producing wines that brim with pepper, spices, tar and black treacle when young. After 5-10 years they become smooth and velvety with pronounced fruit characteristics of damsons, raspberries, blackcurrants and loganberries. It is now grown extensively in the Southern Rhône where it is blended with Grenache and Mourvèdre to produce the great red wines of Châteauneuf du Pape and Gigondas amongst others. Its spiritual home in Australia is the Barossa Valley, where there are plantings dating as far back as 1860. Australian Shiraz tends to be sweeter than its Northern Rhône counterpart and the best examples are redolent of new leather, dark chocolate, liquorice, and prunes and display a blackcurrant lusciousness. South African producers such as Eben Sadie are now producing world- class Shiraz wines that represent astonishing value for money.

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