Domaine Coursodon

Saint-Joseph 'Silice'

Saint-Joseph 'Silice'

SaintJoseph Silice
  • Practicing organic
  • 100% Syrah
  • From multiple steep parcels in the villages of Mauves, Tournon, Glun, and St-Jean de Muzols – the original heart of Saint-Joseph
  • 30+ year old vines
  • Decomposed granite (like Hermitage) that is sand-like in texture
  • 1 meter down is the same bedrock as Hermitage
  • East and southeast facing terraces
  • 20% whole cluster
  • Indigenous yeast
  • Fermented in cement and stainless steel tanks
  • Aged in 50% older barrique and 50% older demi-muids for 12 months

Info

Vintage:
2022
Country:
France
Region:
Rhone (Northern)
Appellation:
Saint Joseph
Variety:
Syrah
Color:
Red
Farming Practice:
Practicing Organic

Sizes Available

Full Bottle FR-COR-12-22 12/750ml

Press & Reviews

Jeb Dunnuck
Score
94
Date
2025-05-09
"Showing the least amount of oak in Coursodon's lineup, the 2022 Saint Joseph Silice offers blackberries, peppery herbs, damp earth, and sappy flowers, all with remarkable purity and complexity. All Syrah, destemmed and aged 12 months in barrel, this cooler-fruited effort is terrific. Drink bottles over the coming 8-10 years. Drink 2025-2035."
James Suckling
Score
93
Date
2024-06-18
"A well-balanced, textured and precise Saint-Joseph showing notes of dark cherries, crushed raspberries, roasted meat and some peppercorns on the nose. It's medium-bodied with fine tannins. Bright center-palate, pure and crunchy, with juicy dark cherry character. Elegant, yet it has intensity and vitality with a precise, vivid finish and excellent length. Drink or hold."
Wine Advocate
Score
93
Date
2025-03-13
"Crafted from vines planted on schist and granite soils, the 2022 Saint-Joseph Silice is excellent. Evoking aromas of dark cherries, violets and plums mingled with spices, it's medium to full-bodied, ample and layered, rich and textural with good depth at the core, framed by ripe, velvety tannins, concluding with a long, ethereal and fruity finish. This is a great effort."
Decanter
Score
92
Date
2025-04-22
"Enjoyably soft and velvety style, with good acidity and discreet tannins. Very well balanced, easy to drink, but not basic – has a granitic, chiselled texture. Classic in style, matured in barriques and demi-muids for 12 months."
Vinous
Score
92
Date
2025-01-23
"The 2022 Saint-Joseph Silice unfolds with ripe black cherry, pencil shaving, black tea, crushed violet and gently leafy subtleties. Medium-bodied at most, the 2022 is a classic, age-worthy Silice that's gently structured by ripe tannins."

REVIEWS FROM PAST VINTAGES

2020
Vinous
Score
93
Date
2022-12-01
2020
Decanter
Score
92
Date
2022-02-01
2020
Jeb Dunnuck
Score
91-93
Date
2022-02-01
2020
Wine Advocate
Score
90-92
Date
2022-02-01
2019
Jeb Dunnuck
Score
93
Date
2022-02-01
2019
Vinous
Score
92-93
Date
2022-01-10
2019
Wine Spectator
Score
92
Date
[no Date]