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Saint-Joseph rouge "Les Rocailles" - Domaine Pierre Finon

Rhône Valley

Red
  • appelation : Saint-Joseph
  • Winery : Domaine Pierre Finon
  • Type : Sec
  • Grape : Syrah
  • Vintage : 2017

Saint-Joseph rouge  "Les Rocailles"  - Domaine Pierre Finon

Grape variety : SYRAH.
Granite ground covered with decaying gneiss and schistes.
Vineyard from 20 to 30 years old.
 
Average yields : 35 hl/ha.
Harvest by hand.
Grapes are destemmed.
 
Wine-making process : 21 day-fermentation with a daily « pigeage » (to insert the grape pond in the juice).
 
Grown in barrels : 20% new and the rest in casks of 2 and 3 wines.
 
Tasting : Black currant, black cherry, pepper and liquorice aroma. Fine and strong tannins.
 
Optimum preservation : from 4 to 10 years

 

the winery in details

Domaine Pierre Finon Rhône Valley - Condrieu - IGP - Saint-Joseph

Domaine Pierre Finon The family estate of Pierre Finon is situated on the hillsides overhanging the right bank of the Rhône Valley, between Valence and Lyon. At present the estate extends over 20 hectares which include 7 hectares of red and white Saint-Joseph, 6.5 hectares of Vins de Pays and 0.5 hectare of Condrieu. [...]

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