Jean-Francois Jacouton, Saint Joseph “Sortilege”, 2019 photo search and a hint of spice

and a hint of spice

which highlights historic

where the sand-over-chalk soil helps these late-ripening ghosts actually ripen

it is full-bodied and seamlessly textured

Jean-Francois Jacouton, Saint Joseph “Sortilege”, 2019 photo search and a hint of spiceJean Franois Jacouton is making some of the most exciting, under the radar wines in Saint Joseph, focusing on pure, site driven Syrah. Sortilge, sourced from steep granite slopes, is a textbook northern Rhne redlayered, aromatic, and beautifully structured. The 2019 vintage, with its ripe fruit and lifted acidity, brings out the best of this rugged terroir. Blackberry, cassis, and violet jump out first, followed by cracked black pepper, smoked meat,