M. Chapoutier - Saint-Joseph Les Granilites rouge 2022

Bettane & Desseauve

About the domain :

Today, Michel Chapoutier is ably supported by his children Mathilde and Maxime, to run the most important wine house in the Northern Rhône, and a long-standing specialist in Hermitage and Crozes-Hermitage. Chapoutier is not only a major wine merchant, but also a producer of top-flight domaine cuvées, as the estate's vines have long been cultivated biodynamically. Sélections parcellaires, the top-of-the-range wines, perfectly reflect Chapoutier's philosophy: parcel-based, single-varietal and produced every year, they are above all a reflection of the terroir, in all its good aspects and sometimes its excesses.

Guide Hachette des vins

About the domain :

This venerable (19th century) house, which Michel Chapoutier launched into international orbit in the 1990s, offers a wide range of wines from its own vineyards (345 ha, biodynamic) or purchased grapes, in most of the Rhône Valley's leading appellations, as well as in Roussillon and Alsace. His children, Mathilde and Maxime, have recently joined the family adventure.

Robert Parker - Wine Advocate

RVF - La Revue du Vin de France / Guide des Meilleurs Vins de France

About the domain :

Under the Maison M. Chapoutier address, we bring together wines from the trading activities of this two-hundred-year-old institution in Tain-l'Hermitage. Michel Chapoutier, now accompanied by his daughter Mathilde, offers a wide range of Rhône appellations, with a production volume approaching one million bottles. But the Chapoutier name is also present in other regions (Champagne, Alsace, Languedoc and Australia), a testament to the family's dynamism. While some cuvées are convincing, others are far more unspectacular. This heterogeneity has led us to withdraw the star from the house this year.

Jancis Robinson

About the wine:

Very welcoming nose of dense prune and black fruit. Firm on the palate, with crisp tannins and an earthy, ferruginous note. Licorice and spice are present, and the wine seems to be very worked at the moment. It takes time for these fierce tannins to tame, but there's an attractive fleshy core underneath.

James Suckling

About the wine:

If you want to discover Syrah from the Northern Rhône, this is the best introduction to the dark, smoky personality of these wines and their fantastic wild blackberry fruit. The mineral tannins and acidity are exciting on the very concentrated, stony palate. So energetic and fresh for this hot, dry vintage. Very long, pure finish. Made from organically grown grapes. To enjoy or keep.

Jeb Dunnuck

About the wine:

The Saint Joseph Les Granilites 2022 is largely in the same mold, with a medium-bodied, balanced and elegant profile that shows plenty of pepper, violet and spice notes, as well as a darker, almost blue style. This is another exceptional Syrah in the making.