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2022 Saint-Joseph Blanc “Clef de Sol”

Domaine Jolivet
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Jolivet’s white Saint-Joseph is an entirely different animal, made almost exclusively from the beguiling Marsanne grape, which reaches its loftiest potential in the granite soils of this part of France. Round and generous on first blush and then wound up, energetic, and fine-grained on the finish, this thoroughbred wine is sculpted for the cellar but still provides a lot of immediate gratification. His 2018 was one of the highlights of my travels on the wine route last year.

Dixon Brooke


Technical Information
Wine Type: white
Vintage: 2022
Bottle Size: 750mL
Blend: 95% Marsanne, 5% Roussanne
Appellation: Saint-Joseph
Country: France
Region: Northern Rhône
Producer: Domaine Jolivet
Winemaker: Bastien Jolivet
Vineyard: Planted in 1960-70, 2016, 2023; 2 ha
Soil: Granite
Aging: Aged for 12 months in 228L oak barrels, 10% of which are new
Farming: Organic (practicing)
Alcohol: 13%

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Every three or four months I would send my clients a cheaply made list of my inventory, but it began to dawn on me that business did not pick up afterwards. It occurred to me that my clientele might not know what Château Grillet is, either. One month in 1974 I had an especially esoteric collection of wines arriving, so I decided to put a short explanation about each wine into my price list, to try and let my clients know what to expect when they uncorked a bottle. The day after I mailed that brochure, people showed up at the shop, and that is how these little propaganda pieces for fine wine were born.—Kermit Lynch

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