Enoteca ha scritto:Jean Baptiste Souillard, 2 ettari tra Saint Joseph, Cornas, Côte Rotie e Crozes Hermitage. Personalmente piaciuto molto, in Italia mai più trovato.
Visto che si tratta di nome mai audito, e che sono andato a guardarmelo, posto le info
This is a high quality small scale merchant business based on a range of 20 reds and whites made with infinite care by a determined winemaker, whose father Michel has been a director at the Cave de Saint-Désirat; in 2019, the family vineyard of 7.5 hectares at Andance in the middle sector of Saint-Joseph was withdrawn from the Cave, and its harvest is sold with a little used for the regular Saint-Joseph red in the range.
Jean-Baptiste buys harvest from precise sites, his principle being one terroir, one wine, and vinifies in batches that can run from 300 bottles to 2,000 bottles in rare cases. After winemaking twice in Australia, in New Zealand, Burgundy and Bordeaux, and a Masters at Dijon, he worked as an oenologue for Jean-Luc Colombo for a few years before starting his own business in 2014.
The style is very tight, almost lean at times, in the New Wave manner; some of the wines are extremely pared back, low degree, and lowish ripeness when harvested, in order to supply acidity and freshness. The Cornas duo have improved on that front, showing more depth and character. In 2021, there was acetate present in a few of the reds.
Molto small scale, boutique direi, ci credo che non si trovi qui.