A Cte Rtie in St. Joseph's Clothing

originally posted by mlawton:
Not sure I agree with the whole appellation being dead. I've not had too many Jasmin that I've been unhappy with. Barge is still making wine, and one of the Vernets does well. Eric, of course. Faury. And I saw a note on Lafoy-Gasse which I've liked (now Otheguy?). I still enjoy Jamet's wines but US pricing is an issue there. I have liked some more-recent Ogiers, not all.

But I honestly do find more joy from St. Joseph and Cornas these days.
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george vernay makes nice st joseph. i have been enjoying the 2006 over the last year or so.
 
originally posted by Thor:
That sounds about right. I'd liked nearly all of what I'd tasted in Yaniger's orbit (with one exception: I have never liked a Belle Hlne and don't see what anyone else likes about it, either).
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The '95 is a perfectly nice bottle of wine. Nearly as good as the regular CR bottling that year.
 
originally posted by Keith Levenberg:
While Allemand is great in its own way, I still have yet to come across a Cornas that does for me what Verset's did.
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I would agree, but add that it's as much about style as anything else. Couldn't one say pretty much the same thing about Jayer in the Cte d'Or or Gerard Chave in Hermitage? Often even the succeeding generation can't (or won't) match the style and brilliance of the preceding one.

Mark Lipton
 
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