2003 St. Joseph, "Les Granits" Michel Chapoutier (1.5L Single OWCs)

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Vintage: 2003
Format: 1.5L (Single OWCs)
Wine Name: Les Granits
Vineyard: Les Granits
Designation:
Appellation: St. Joseph
Producer: M. Chapoutier
Varietal: Syrah
Type: Red
Country: France
Region: Rhone
Sub-Region: Northern rhone
Alcohol:

Tasting note: Dark and beefy, with a note of game running through the black currant, coffee and tar flavors. This unwinds more on the finish, with a fine mineral thread running through currant and cocoa notes. Drink now through 2010. (93pts JM, Wine Spectator)

Tasted: May 15, 2006
Score: 93
Drink: Through 2010

Tasting note: Mineral-dominated with surprisingly fine acidity for the vintage is the dense purple-colored 2003 St.-Joseph Les Granits. A glorious bouquet of spring flowers, blackberries, raspberries, crushed rocks, and truffles is followed by a dense, full-bodied, powerful, tannic, backward St.-Joseph. Give it 2-3 years of cellaring and drink it over the following two decades. (93pts Robert Parker)

Tasted: Feb. 2006
Score: 93
Drink: 2008-28

Tasting note:Bright, saturated ruby-red. Superripe aromas of black cherry, cassis, woodsmoke, licorice and mint; a bit porty but much more expressive today than the Varonniers. Large-scaled, full and sweet, with highly concentrated, rather oaky flavors of licorice, woodsmoke and mint. A distinct step up in texture from the Varonniers. Chapoutier harvested these vines on August 31, then finished up with Hermitage in the first days of September. (89-92pts Steven Tanzer)

Tasted: Jan./Feb. 2005
Score: 89-92
Drink: N/A