$91.84
E. Guigal Saint-Joseph Vignes de l'Hospice 2021—
$91.84

The Story

The 2021 E. Guigal "Vignes de l'Hospice" is a monumental Saint-Joseph, often referred to as the estate's "fourth La-La" due to its exceptional quality and single-vineyard status. Sourced from a precipitous, granite-heavy site just above the town of Saint-Joseph, this 2021 vintage is praised for its precision and vibrant mineral core. It offers a complex bouquet of blackberries, cassis, and mulberries, interwoven with sophisticated notes of licorice, chocolate, and smoked bacon fat. On the palate, the wine is medium-to-full-bodied and remarkably suave, featuring well-integrated oak and fine-grained tannins that lead to a long, harmonious finish.

94 Points -

A real success in the context of the vintage, the 2021 Saint-Joseph Vignes de l'Hospice unfurls in the glass with aromas of dark berries, licorice, chocolate, spices and mulberries, mingled with well-integrated hints of oak. Medium- to full-bodied, vibrant and suave, it’s pure, concentrated and penetrating, concluding with a harmonious, mineral finish.

93 Points -

If you loved the Northern Rhone wines of 20 or 30 years ago, you will love this. Complex dried herb, smoked bacon and savory aromas. Only medium-bodied, but this has a compact core of healthy tannins and bright acidity. Long, firm finish.

91 Points -

Broad and stylish, with a smoldering core of bitter cherry draped in sweet tobacco, cigar box and sweet cedar. Smoldering and dense, with mocha and vanilla details adding warmth and richness to round off the long finish. Drink now through 2028.

Description

The 2021 E. Guigal "Vignes de l'Hospice" is a monumental Saint-Joseph, often referred to as the estate's "fourth La-La" due to its exceptional quality and single-vineyard status. Sourced from a precipitous, granite-heavy site just above the town of Saint-Joseph, this 2021 vintage is praised for its precision and vibrant mineral core. It offers a complex bouquet of blackberries, cassis, and mulberries, interwoven with sophisticated notes of licorice, chocolate, and smoked bacon fat. On the palate, the wine is medium-to-full-bodied and remarkably suave, featuring well-integrated oak and fine-grained tannins that lead to a long, harmonious finish.

94 Points -

A real success in the context of the vintage, the 2021 Saint-Joseph Vignes de l'Hospice unfurls in the glass with aromas of dark berries, licorice, chocolate, spices and mulberries, mingled with well-integrated hints of oak. Medium- to full-bodied, vibrant and suave, it’s pure, concentrated and penetrating, concluding with a harmonious, mineral finish.

93 Points -

If you loved the Northern Rhone wines of 20 or 30 years ago, you will love this. Complex dried herb, smoked bacon and savory aromas. Only medium-bodied, but this has a compact core of healthy tannins and bright acidity. Long, firm finish.

91 Points -

Broad and stylish, with a smoldering core of bitter cherry draped in sweet tobacco, cigar box and sweet cedar. Smoldering and dense, with mocha and vanilla details adding warmth and richness to round off the long finish. Drink now through 2028.
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