LA ROCHE PARADIS SAINT JOSEPH ROUGE LA MADONE 2022

Style: Savoury & Detailed

Yann Menager is the owner and winemaker for this small domain, established in 2012 and based in Saint-Joseph, just south of Condrieu. He was the vineyard manager for Yves Cuilleron for almost 20 years and has leveraged his knowledge of the great sites of the northern Rhône to acquire some superb vineyard parcels of his own. Over the last decade he has assembled 6.5 ha in Saint-Joseph, Condrieu and Côte Rôtie. All the wines undergo natural ferment and natural malolactic conversion (including for white wines). The whites are whole-bunch pressed for maximum finesse and the reds all see 30-60 % whole bunches in the ferment. Larger barrels and demi-muids are increasingly being used with some 400 litre Syvlain barrels. All the wines are bottled un-fined and unfiltered. VINTAGE & VINE

La Madonne is a small but spectacularly steep granite vineyard right beside the medieval village of Malleval. Facing due south from vines planted mid 1950¿s which yield an impressively concentrated yet mineral and very detailed Syrah. The 2022 wine was fermented with about 70% whole bunches and then matured for 12 months in older barriques. More fragrant yet also richer and denser than the Bergerie this wine has incredibly fine tannins with impressive depth and structure. It finishes very long with seductive velvety tannins and that trademark freshness and finesse. Only 7 barrels produced. An absolute stand-out wine.

Region: Rhône Valley, FRANCE

Variety: Shiraz

ABV: 13.5%

Liquor Act 2007. It is against the law to sell or supply alcohol to, or to obtain alcohol on behalf of a person under the age of 18 years. Lic No. LIQP770016424

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