Pierre Gonon, St Joseph, 2020 – Takeaway Red Wine from Cave Bristol

Pierre Gonon, St Joseph, 2023

£84.90

Benchmark Saint-Joseph from certified-organic estate fruit; 2023 shows fragrant dark fruit and spice with fine structure after mostly whole-bunch ferment and ageing in large used demi-muids.

blackberry
violet
black pepper
savory herbs

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At a glance

Producer: Domaine Pierre Gonon
Region: Rhf4ne
Appellation: Saint-Joseph
Grape: Syrah
Vintage: 2023
Country: France
Wine type: Red
Size: 75.0cl

Taste profile

Acidity: High
Sweetness: Dry

What to eat with it

grilled lamb chops with rosemary
seared duck breast with cherry sauce
venison steak with pepper jus
roasted aubergine with black olive tapenade

Why Cave selected it

Reference-point Northern Rhf4ne Syrah with certified-organic farming; limited allocation and the 2023 vintage balances perfume and freshness with age-worthy structure.

About the wine

Yields are in the low 30hh on average, and after picking the grapes are destalked on average 85%, transferred directly into ancient wooden vats, punched down by foot by Jean and Pierre twice a day during a two/three weeks fermentation. They are then aged for 12 months minimum in new to 15yo 600ltr demi-muids, assembled in cuve for 5 months before bottling unfined and unfiltered at the end of February with a low total sulphur level of around 40mg/l. Not much to say apart from Gonon wines are simply incredible. Age worthy, powerful and just incredible winemaking.

* Please note that because there is limited stock of this wine it is not subject to any further discount.

About Domaine Pierre Gonon

Pierre Gonon was a mainstay at Mauves for many years, making quietly understated wines. He was joined by his two sons Jean in 1986 and Pierre in 1988, with the brothers sharing most tasks. Their father had to retire early due to ill health in 1989, and since then the brothers have worked with a passion to raise this domaine to the point where it is now generally considered as the leading domaine in Saint-Joseph.The brothers initially made wines from two cramped cellars, but in 2002 they finished construction of a new winemaking cave, still linked to one of the two ancient, atmospheric cellars. The domaine's vines are planted in the original heart of the Saint-Joseph appellation, the granitic terraced hillsides of Mauves and Tournon.

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