Pierre Gonon, Saint-Joseph 2020

Name: 2020 Pierre Gonon, Saint-Joseph
Brand: Domaine Pierre Gonon
SKU: 127309020201200750-IB
Price: 1860.0 USD
Availability: InStock

Domaine Pierre Gonon

98James Suckling

98Stuart Pigott

96Josh Raynolds

+4 more

$1,860.00

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Bonded provenance

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Drinking window

2022 · opens 2026–2032 · peak 2038

now +12 yrs

Can drink, will improve · best from 2026 · will keep to 2038.

Tasting notes

Stuart Pigott · James Suckling · 98

St. Joseph is often declared to be a second tier appellation in the Northern Rhone, but here’s proof that it can play in the first league of the region. This has an incredibly deep nose of ripe blackberries, other forest berries and smoke. On the barely full-bodied palate it is simultaneously rich, focused and extremely complex with very graceful fine tannins and stacks of stony minerality at the breathtakingly fresh finish. From organically grown grapes. Drink or hold.

Josh Raynolds · Vinous · 96

Deep magenta. Displays expansive aromas of black raspberry, cherry liqueur, candied flowers and olive, along with exotic spice and smoky mineral nuances. Weighty as well as energetic in style, offering sappy, mineral-drenched black and blue fruit preserves, floral pastille flavors and hints of star anise and allspice. Finishes juicy, lively and wonderfully long, with resonating spice and floral notes and youthfully gripping tannins.

Nicolas Greinacher · Vinous · 94

The refined 2020 Saint-Joseph hits the palate with great concentration and a juicy core of red fruits. Pencil shavings, crushed violets and cedar add more layers. Maintaining spot-on balance and neatly framed by polished tannins, the 2020 Saint-Joseph is classic Gonon. It is less ripe and flamboyant than the 2018 or 2019, but offers more substance than the 2021, concludes with lifting energy on the savoury finish.

Drink 2026 - 2038

Jeb Dunnuck · Jeb Dunnuck · 94

Showing consistently and giving some perspective regarding 2021, the 2020 Saint Joseph is gorgeously rich and textured, with medium to full-bodied aromas and flavours of ripe black fruits, roasted herbs, and earth floral nuances. Despite its wealth of fruit, there’s plenty of structure here, and if anything, it’s showing more structure and tannic grip today. It deserves 3-4 years and will evolve gracefully over the following decade with ease. This is a brilliant Saint Joseph.

Drink 2027 - 2038

Joe Czerwinski · Wine Advocate · 93-95

Still in barrels at the time of my visit, Jean Gonon blended a representative sample for me to review. The 2020 Saint Joseph is classic Gonon, with a complex nose of crushed stone, violets, cherries and blueberries; a palate that's medium to full-bodied, concentrated and tannic yet silky; and a finish that's vibrant and long.

Matt Walls · Decanter · 93

A classic expression of Saint-Joseph—fruit melded with black olive—this has body but is light in tannin, while the acidity is low but balanced. It is an elegant, juicy, very drinkable vintage with moderate alcohol, lower than the 2019. The wine had just been transferred to tank post-élevage at the time of tasting, so it was showing quite closed; it may well improve and show better after bottling.

Drink 2022 - 2030

Catalog details

Appellation

RegionRhone

Vintage2020

ColorRed

Top Score98 · James Suckling

Format750 ml

SourceMerchant

StorageBonded warehouse