Cuilleron, Saint-Joseph, Saint Pierre

Oxidized into sherry flavoured apple juice. Into the pot with a lamb shank and some veggies it went.

More of a dud compared to the other ones, has a distinct note flavor of cheap concentrated apple juice.

See previous notes. This had a little more freshness to it, but also slightly less developed mid-palate.

Even better than the first bottle! This held up for a long time and was paired with some scallops in curry cream broth which underscored the richness of the fruit and palate on this wine. Wow!

What a fun wine to discover! Just as the previous tracker noted, there's some oxidization at play here, and first I struggled to determine whether I felt this wine was just peaking as a mature late picked Roussanne, or if there was also that kind of wild and exciting tension between oxidative style and freshness that are more common in the wines of Jura, or alternatively if the wine was just past it peak. The first hours, it held up …

Dark straw color. Very light oxidation on the nose. The amount of acidity is surprising, though I found it hard to really like this wine.

Intensive topical fragrance. Fully ripe palate with lots of everything. But a bitterness comes through and a little oxidation despite perfectly stored bottle. This is a food wine that does not fit into cheese, but it will be ideal for a white fish dish with maybe almond and exotic flavors. Drink now.

Taking on a soft golden colour. Apple, melon and tropical fruit. Sadly the fruit is starting to fade on what was a glorious wine and the wine should drunk sooner rather than later.

Dinner at Grace : Prominent notes of smoke and underbrush on the nose, with hints of saline and confectioner's sugar; light tropical fruits in the background. Medium-light bodied, with the light tropical fruit note from the bouquet surprisingly taking center stage on the palate. I preferred this to the Chapoutier.