Saint Joseph, Francois De Tournon, Delas, 2004 #graillot agriculture is important to us

agriculture is important to us but we do not only grow vines

the Terraces vineyard (by far the group's most expensive vineyard site to run

they used less Garnacha and no Graciano for the 1998 Castillo Ygay Gran Reserva Especial

It has a nice feral character and is clearly developing nicely

slightly smoky dried leaves

Saint Joseph, Francois De Tournon, Delas, 2004 #graillot agriculture is important to usVineyards : 100% Syrah the vineyard stretches from Chavanay in the north, to Guilherand in the south, over about fifty kilometers along the right bank of the Rhne: it covers 23 "communes" in the Ardche region, and 3 in the Loire. Soils : the soils consist of light schist and gneiss over a granite bedrock. Climate : the climate is moderately continental, with hot and dry summers, and normal rainfall the rest of the year. Exposure : south and south east