Lionnet, Saint-Joseph Rouge Terre Neuve, 2022 BDXCOUNT0606 offering a combination of freshness

offering a combination of freshness

The result is delicate but not fragile

Thierry Allemand is wine's closest thing to mythology: an electromechanic who taught himself winemaking by apprenticing for Cornas legends

It's all restraint—delicate red fruit

it’s distilled in copper pot stills and aged in French oak

Lionnet, Saint-Joseph Rouge Terre Neuve, 2022 BDXCOUNT0606 offering a combination of freshnessFrom a family that has grown grapes in the Northern Rhne since 1575nearly 450 years of accumulated wisdom. The Lionnets farm just under one hectare of Saint Joseph organically, producing what critics call "a profound Northern Rhne thoroughbred bottled in infinitesimal quantities." Whole cluster fermentation, 18 months in demi muids, no fining or filtration. If you can find it, this 94 point Syrah is as pure and authentic as Northern Rhne gets. 450