Jean-Baptiste Souillard Cornas Saint-Pierre 2023

Country: France Region: Rhone Grape: Syrah Colour: Red Bottle Size: 75cl Bottle Weight: 1342g Alcohol: 12.5% Vintage: 2023PRODUCER NOTESA rising star of the Northern Rhône, Jean-Baptiste returned to St Joseph after working in New Zealand, Australia, California, Bordeaux and Burgundy. He has sought out small high altitude parcels that express balance and elegance. Quantities of each cuvée are often tiny as Jean Baptiste seeks to focus on single parcel expressions. Vinification is simple, lots of air on the whites no sulphur during fermentation producing very classic flavours. Very much vin de garde rather than vin de soif, Jean-Baptiste is forging his own path.FARMING & WINEMAKING NOTESJean-Baptiste seeks freshness in his wines, so has sought out vines mainly on the top of slopes as well as being planted on granite. All his vineyards are listed as ‘lute raisonnée’. His red wines are always primarily whole cluster and are vinified in stainless steel tanks. All reds are aged in used oak barrels with racking and bottled un-fined and unfiltered.Saint-Pierre is just 0.1ha planted in early 1970s and 2000s. 400m altitude on a gentle slope planted on hard granite bedrock. 100% whole cluster with indigenous yeast fermentation. 3 weeks maceration with pump-overs. 20 months ageing in old oak.