E. Guigal Saint-Joseph 2019 750ml

The Guigal family lives and works just 45 minutes north of Saint-Joseph, but it was circumstance in 1999 that brought them to several extraordinary sites in Saint-Joseph they eventually purchased. They are not only converts, but among the most vocal advocates about the extraordinary depth and complexity that wines from the great sites of Saint-Joseph can display. The wines can share some of the same smoldering black fruit and spice character as their neighbors across the river in Hermitage, but they are less brooding, more composed when young, and in general wines of finesse rather than power. Dark red with violet tints.The nose is powerfully dominated by red berries and delicate oak aromas. The palate opens with a rather powerful attack of round and supple tannins.