Many parcels contain 80-100 year old vines
all supported by ripe tannins and excellent balance
2024 was a vintage that rewarded patient
where the wines develop a mineral precision that lighter soils and cooler exposure encourage
who took over in 2016 after working as a sommelier in Lyon and at Seresin Estate in New Zealand
Pierre Gonon, Ardeche Les Iles Feray, 2015 msk_champ_ps_22 Many parcels contain 80-100 yearPierre Gonon is one of the most revered names in the Northern Rhone, famous for benchmark Saint Joseph, and Les Iles Feray is the family's Ardeche bottling: 100% Syrah from organically farmed vines, an everyday priced look at Gonon's magic touch. It's a wonderfully aromatic, floral, silky expression of Syrah, medium bodied and fresh. The 2015 was a warm, ripe vintage, and at around a decade old this has gained some savory, mature complexity while