Domaine du Tunnel - Saint-Joseph 2021
92-94/100
Jeb Dunnuck
One of the stars of the vintage! Grown on granite soils, this Saint-Joseph has an intense color with hints of blackcurrant and blackberry. Expressive and dense with notes of spice, red fruit, and violet, the wine offers a rich, concentrated, and beautifully polished palate with firm tannins. At the peak of elegance and ready to be cellared for a decade.
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Eye
Blackcurrant, blackberry color
Nose
Initial nose of red and black fruits, followed by notes of violet, raspberry, and spices after aeration.
Mouth
Elegant volume, structuring tannins, peppery notes that retain the beautiful aromas of the nose, finish with violet and licorice.
Serve
At 16-18°C
Open
Decant or aerate 1 hour in advance for young vintages (less than 3 years old).
Drink from
2025
Drink before
2032
Food and wine pairings
Pairs well with mushroom risotto, game terrine, lamb skewers, tandoori chicken
Guide Hachette des vins
Rated estate (2022 guide) Award-winning wines (This producer's wines are regularly recognized by the guide)
About the estate:
Since settling here in 1994, Stéphane Robert, who does not come from a wine-growing background, has established himself as a leading figure in the northern wine region. He created his vineyard from scratch, which now covers 11 hectares of fragmented land, with vines in Cornas, Saint-Joseph, Saint-Péray, and Condrieu. The vines run alongside an old railway line and a 160-meter tunnel, still visible today, which gives the estate its name and in which a new winery and aging cellar were built in 2013.
RVF - La Revue du Vin de France / Guide des Meilleurs Vins de France
Rated estate (2022 guide) 2 stars (These very large estates, often blessed with fabulous terroirs, are must-haves which, thanks to their consistency and the excellence of their production, deserve a place in the cellars of discerning wine lovers).
About the estate:
Stéphane Robert runs his estate with flair and produces modern, precise wines that set the standard within the Saint-Péray and Cornas appellations. These vintages renew the style, sometimes rustic and sunny, of these two small appellations. Stéphane brings touches of refinement to his opaque Syrahs, achieved through the precision of grape ripeness, extraction, and aging. The wines also age very well.
Vinous
Rated estate (2022 guide) Recommended
Jeb Dunnuck
Wine rated 92-94/100 (2020 vintage)
Rated Recommended
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