Pierre Gonon
"Les Oliviers" 2019
AOC St. Joseph
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Presse / Kritik
J. Livingstone-Learmonth: 4,5 / 6 Sterne (Leading St. Joseph white 2019)
"Full yellow robe; quince paste, ripe peach, glazed fruits feature on the nose, which mixes the exotic with the classic Marsanne of orange-ginger. The palate is framed like a red wine, is compact, sealed, very firmly rich – reach for the knife and fork. It ends on lasting, sweet-toned depth, an aniseed-quince duo late on helping its freshness. It will take stock and come again with more evolution and fluidity from 2025-26, time that will allow the glycerol and unctuosity to fall back. It’s a bit like the Roussanne Vieilles Vignes of Château de Beaucastel from the early 1990s, though there’s only 20% Roussanne in it. It’s locked up for now, is a wine of high interest, can rise. “It’s not a wine for summer time,” Jean Gonon. 2042-44."

Das Weingut
Zitat J. Livingstone-Learmonth: " An STGT (Soil to Glass Transfer) domaine par excellence, and fantastic value and consistency - these red Saint-Josephs are top notch Syrahs. The Vieilles Vignes red, occasionally produced in small quantities, is exceptional. The Gonon brothers, true countrymen and taught by their father, make delightful, delicious wines of genuine pedigree. There is a sensible transfer of fruit from mature vineyards to the cellar, where methods are calm and watchful. No new oak in sight. The white is a high-class example of Marsanne, laced with a little Roussanne from a top, south-facing vineyard, Les Oliviers. Both red and white can evolve well over 20 years in the good vintages."