Andre Perret, Saint-Joseph Les Grisieres Vintage:2010 spicy layers

spicy layers

and this is something I often recognize in warm-vintage Brunello

with intense black and blue fruit flavors and a touch of candied violet

but a very opulent wine with marked chewy tannins

complemented by stimulating minerality and juicy acids

Andre Perret, Saint-Joseph Les Grisieres Vintage:2010 spicy layersWe finished that tasting with the 2010 Saint Joseph Les Grisieres. Superb all around, it shows what this producer can do in a great vintage. Deep, rich and layered, with thrilling notes of black cherry, flowers, pepper and smoked meat, it flows onto the palate with medium to full bodied richness, an energetic, lively texture and enough fine tannin to keep it drinking nicely for another decade. I had a fabulous visit with proprietor Andre Perret at his