2022 Domaine Lionnet Saint-Joseph Terre Neuve Mendocino Ridge 27% of production

27% of production

blueberry and anise waft from the glass of this aromatically compelling Zin

all of which are made with agave grown on the hill of Tepecoste

That is the same impression I had last year

revealing an impressive stony minerality

2022 Domaine Lionnet Saint-Joseph Terre Neuve Mendocino Ridge 27% of productionProducer: Domaine Lionnet Region: Saint Joseph, Rhone, France Varietal: Syrah Year: 2022 Winemaker Notes: "Ludovic and Corinne own just shy of a hectare of Saint Joseph, in the village of Chteaubourgthe southernmost village in the appellation, just north of Cornas. Half of their holding is a younger parcel, and the other half was planted in the 1950s, both on clay limestone soils with a high occurrence of large limestone galets. As with their Cornas,