2004 Guigal St. Joseph Vignes de Hospice

[TheEngineer]

My first real St. Joseph and I though that this wine might be shut down pretty hard. It was not.

Great nose, wonderful perfumey, elegant, ripe but balanced nose. On the palate, much the same, wine is ripe but balanced with great spices, woodsiness, roundness, rich, dense, experience. It did not need much time to opened up this way. Definitely gotta put the rest in the back for a bit of a rest though and see how they will change.