Stephane Ogier Saint Joseph Le Passage 2022 SPCALIFORNIA back when nearly every other

back when nearly every other American brewery was pointed squarely at hops

it is rich and layered

drinking in its prime

Definitely one of the most "fun" wines in the store

Harmonious and nuanced

Stephane Ogier Saint Joseph Le Passage 2022 SPCALIFORNIA back when nearly every otherSaint Joseph sprawls: some fifty kilometers of riverbank, and plenty of it flat and forgettable. The good stuff comes off granite, and Stephane Ogier goes and gets it. "Le Passage" is Syrah from steep granite slopes around Malleval, Limony and Saint Pierre de Boeuf, hand harvested, fermented with native yeasts, then aged twelve months in barrel, just ten percent of it new, so the wood never announces itself. Ogier is a Cote Rotie man by trade, and it