Laurus
Saint Joseph 2019

AOP Saint Joseph Red

Awards

90-92 pts Jeb Dunnuck

Tasting

“Largely in the same style as the 2018, the 2019 Saint Joseph Laurus highlights beautiful purity of fruit balanced by notable minerality, medium-bodied richness, good acidity, and a great finish. It should easily be an outstanding wine.” Jeb Dunnuck November 2021

Food & wine pairings

Pork ribs roasted with a honey-sesame rub

Vegan lasagna

Detailed information

Vintage

In the northern Rhône Valley, this vintage offers a great quality, solar with a great freshness. Following a rather warm start to the spring, temperatures dropped and remained below seasonal averages until the beginning of summer. The vines then faced high temperatures in July and August. Thankfully, rain arrived at the beginning of the harvests, ensuring both quantity and quality for all of our appellations.

Grape varieties

Syrah

Terroir

Our parcel selection sources from:
– “Serine” grapes (Syrah especially selected from the most robust non-clonal vines) and classic Syrah from the South-facing granite slopes at 250m in altitude in the northern St Joseph communes of Malleval and Roche Courbe. These terroirs produce wines with delicate smoky, spicy and violet aromas as well as a refreshing livelyness.
– Syrah from complex granite-based slopes facing Southwest at 200m in altitude in the central part of the St Joseph appellation around St Jean de Muzols.

Winemaking

Manual harvesting between September 17 and September 28th, 2019, fermentation in vats. Malo-lactic fermentation in new 275lt Laurus barrels followed by 16 months ageing in barrel.

3 600 bottles, 196 magnums and 10 jeroboams produced.

Bottled on May 28th, 2021.

Vegan Wine.

Service

Serve at around 14° to 16°C. Recommend opening an hour before serving

Best enjoyed between 2021 and 2031.

Degree of alcohol

14,5% vol.

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Laurus

Laurus means ‘Laurel’ in Latin, a Roman symbol of excellence. Here excellence is all about “terroir”: the grapes are grown on parcels selected for their ability to express the very best of each Appellation.

The term “terroir” encompasses a soil, a climate and people. Here it is expressed through sustainable partnerships with wine-growers who share our vision. The perfect combination of grape variey & soil, the precise maturing process in unique 275l. French oak "Laurus" barrels refines the structure, producing complex wines, with plenty of character, beautiful elegance and a long ageing potential.