Pierre Gonon, Saint-Joseph, 2019 CACOUNT0809 2017 was a stress-year in

2017 was a stress-year in Champagne — drought

clear September gave wines with plump fruit

This remarkable wine

the tier just below the Grosse Lage Zieregg

Pierre Gonon, Saint-Joseph, 2019 CACOUNT0809 2017 was a stress-year inBenchmark Saint Joseph from one of the Northern Rhne's most beloved family domaines, from a hot, concentrated vintage that is still finding its feet. Pierre and Jean Gonon farm steep, granite slopes in Mauves, the historic heart of the appellation directly across from the Hermitage hill, with which they share the same granitic bedrock. They farm organically (no chemicals since 2004; later certified), harvest by hand, and ferment whole ish clusters