La Croix des Vignes Saint-Joseph AOC - Paul Jaboulet Aîné

The La Croix des Vignes Saint-Joseph from the hand of Paul Jaboulet Aîné from the Rhône Valley reveals a bright, purple-red color in the wine glass. At the rim there is also a color transition into garnet red. If you give it some air in the glass by swirling, you can perceive a first-class balance in this red wine, as it neither appears watery nor syrupy or liqueur-like on the glass walls. This single-varietal French wine presents wonderfully expressive notes of blackberry jelly in the glass. Added to this are nuances of black cherry and licorice.

On the palate, La Croix des Vignes Saint-Joseph from Paul Jaboulet Aîné opens wonderfully aromatic, fruit-driven and well balanced. On the palate, the texture of this harmonious red wine is wonderfully dense. The finish of this matured red wine from the Rhône Valley wine-growing region, more precisely from Saint-Joseph, ultimately delights with a remarkable length.

Vinification of Paul Jaboulet Aîné La Croix des Vignes Saint-Joseph

The balanced La Croix des Vignes Saint-Joseph from France is a varietal wine, vinified from the Syrah grape variety. La Croix des Vignes Saint-Joseph is an Old World wine through and through, as this Frenchman exudes an exceptional European charm that clearly underscores the success of wines from the Old World. After harvesting, the grapes are brought to the winery as quickly as possible. There they are sorted and carefully crushed. Fermentation then takes place in small wooden barrels at controlled temperatures. After the end of fermentation, the elegant La Croix des Vignes Saint-Joseph is matured for several months in oak barrels.

Food recommendation for La Croix des Vignes Saint-Joseph from Paul Jaboulet Aîné

This French red wine is best enjoyed at a tempered 15 - 18°C. It is perfect as an accompanying wine to lamb ragout with chickpeas and dried figs, vegetable stew with pesto or veal topside with beans and tomatoes.

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