Dard & Ribo 2023 Saint-Joseph Rouge "Les Champs"

(1 btl limit please) Syrah (1955) from hard granite, quartz, red clay, alluvial stones on the hillside of Les Champs at Tournon, whole bunch fermentation, pumping overs, aged used 600-litre oak casks 10-12 months, unfined, unfiltered, occasionally issued as its own cuvée, mostly in the domaine St Jo red, “it can be rustic, charged, but the 2023 was en finesse. "Nicely full red robe; the harmony on the nose is most winning, red fruit, raspberry, with a note of iodine interest, nuance, is lovely, will fall into place. The palate is neatly together, offers bursts of red fruit juice, is complex and stimulating, very refined, an excellent St Jo with toned, Pinot moments, a fine roundness of tannin, the balance right there. It murmurs its way into the drinker. Brilliant fruit here, top notch." Drink until 2045