Saint-Joseph 350m Domaine Les Bruyeres 2020

Saint-Joseph 350m Domaine Les Bruyeres 2020, biodynamic production, full bodied and eleagnt, peppery Syrah.  The grapes are hand harvested, sorted and transferred into a vat using only gravity. Traditional vinification in concrete vats with some ‘Pigeage’ (pumping over to enrich the wine). The ageing is in demi-muids for 30% of the wine and in concrete vats for 70% during 12 months so no oaky flavours. There is no finning, and a light filtration with very little sulphur addition.  This is a delightful and authentic northern Rhone syrah, dark fruits, spice and peppery notes combine with a lush yet mineral texture.  Delicious.

Domaine Les Bruyères has been in David’s family since the 18th century.

Passed down from generation to the next, he started making wine with his mum after finishing his studies in 2000. He bought new plots, bringing the estate up to 20 hectares – plus 8 hectares farmed by friends (including Matthieu Barret down the road in Cornas) and converted to organic soon after. From 2003, he converted to biodynamic. All fruit is de-stemmed and then fermented in either old oak, steel or huge cement eggs. The wines are stunningly pure, elegant and easy drinking. Syrah at its best in the northern Rhone where the marginal climate for this often hefty grape produces wines with finesse which age beautifully.