Saint Joseph Croix des Vignes, Domaine Paul Jaboulet Aine 2015

The 2016 Saint Joseph La Croix Des Vignes offers plenty of granite character as well as cassis and black raspberry fruit, spice, and graphite. It’s concentrated, ripe, and tannic, with a touch of austerity that will benefit from another 2-3 years of bottle age.

The 2015 Saint Joseph Domaine de la Croix des Vignes is more tannic than the 2016 but not better. Dry cedary notes frame cherry fruit in the medium to full-bodied wine that will require a couple of years in the cellar to show its best. Drink Date 2022 - 2030

Notes of cassis, liquid rock, pepper and olives dominate the bouquet of the 2015 St Joseph Domaine de La Croix des Vignes, a medium to full-bodied, incredibly elegant St Joseph that has fine tannin and impeccable balance. As with all of the wines here, the winemaking is top notch, and this should be drinkable with just a few years of cellaring, yet still evolve gracefully.