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2022 Saint-Joseph Blanc “Clef de Sol”

Domaine Jolivet
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Jolivet’s white Saint-Joseph is an entirely different animal, made almost exclusively from the beguiling Marsanne grape, which reaches its loftiest potential in the granite soils of this part of France. Round and generous on first blush and then wound up, energetic, and fine-grained on the finish, this thoroughbred wine is sculpted for the cellar but still provides a lot of immediate gratification. His 2018 was one of the highlights of my travels on the wine route last year.

Dixon Brooke

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Technical Information
Wine Type: white
Vintage: 2022
Bottle Size: 750mL
Blend: 95% Marsanne, 5% Roussanne
Appellation: Saint-Joseph
Country: France
Region: Northern Rhône
Producer: Domaine Jolivet
Winemaker: Bastien Jolivet
Vineyard: Planted in 1960-70, 2016, 2023; 2 ha
Soil: Granite
Aging: Aged for 12 months in 228L oak barrels, 10% of which are new
Farming: Organic (practicing)
Alcohol: 13%

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Inspiring Thirst

I want you to realize once and for all: Even the winemaker does not know what aging is going to do to a new vintage; Robert Parker does not know; I do not know. We all make educated (hopefully) guesses about what the future will bring, but guesses they are. And one of the pleasures of a wine cellar is the opportunity it provides for you to witness the evolution of your various selections. Living wines have ups and downs just as people do, periods of glory and dog days, too. If wine did not remind me of real life, I would not care about it so much.

Inspiring Thirst, page 171

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