Jean-Francois Jacouton, Saint Joseph “Sortilege”, 2019 photo search it's perfect for two generous

it's perfect for two generous pours (or one very committed aperitivo)

wild raspberries

where the sand-over-chalk soil helps these late-ripening ghosts actually ripen

which highlights historic

Jean-Francois Jacouton, Saint Joseph “Sortilege”, 2019 photo search it's perfect for two generousJean Franois Jacouton is making some of the most exciting, under the radar wines in Saint Joseph, focusing on pure, site driven Syrah. Sortilge, sourced from steep granite slopes, is a textbook northern Rhne redlayered, aromatic, and beautifully structured. The 2019 vintage, with its ripe fruit and lifted acidity, brings out the best of this rugged terroir. Blackberry, cassis, and violet jump out first, followed by cracked black pepper, smoked meat,