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Coursodon, St Joseph La Sensonne 2015
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Description
Tasting notes
Reviewed by: Josh Raynolds
(made from vines that average 60 years of age and raised in all new barriques for 15 months) Dark purple. Heady scents of blackberry liqueur, cherry compote and licorice are enlivened by smoky mineral and floral notes. Sappy and expansive on the palate, offering sweet, impressively concentrated dark berry, violet pastille and spicecake flavors and a touch of vanillin oak spice. Aeration reveals more vivacity on the strikingly persistent, incisive finish, which is firmed by juicy acidity and youthfully chewy tannins.
About the Producer
The Coursodon vineyard produces exclusively red and white Saint-Joseph extending across 16 hectares, 13,5 for the red wines (syrah vine exclusively) and 2,5 for the white wines (marsanne and roussanne vines). The vineyard is mainly located in Mauves, birthplace of the Saint-Joseph, on granitic ground, soil most favoured by the syrah vine. The rest of the property is situated on the communes of Glun, Tournon and Saint-Jean-of-Muzols.
