Amid the lush fruit runs a delicate current of minerality that lingers on the tongue, as if the wine cascaded down a granite slope on its way into your glass.

Elegant blue and black fruit abound, but here it mingles with a hint of sanguinity and some dusty tannin.

The kind of Saint-Jo to dig into right away: smoky, layered, lush, and laced with violet, bay leaf, and black olive.

This small parcel has a fruit-forward, approachable style, yet with intense spice and licorice in there as well, perhaps from the deep-rooted old Syrah vines.

It is a real-deal northern Rhône roasted-slope Syrah that walks the tightrope perfectly between creamy fruit, meaty tannins, and fresh spine.

Delicate and perfumed, it speaks softly, yet it has so much to say: lilies, bacon fat, spices... it could only be Côte Rôtie.

The pinnacle of traditional Côte-Rôtie being produced today.

From high-altitude slopes above the Rhône river, this Syrah exhibits remarkable purity and grace.

Made from six vineyards that, when blended, showcase the whole of the Côte Rôtie appellation.

This thoroughbred wine is sculpted for the cellar but still provides a lot of immediate gratification.