The 2020 vintage was cool and balanced
She farms biodynamically in northern Rheinhessen and ferments with whole clusters
and juicy with cherry notes
The result is aromatic and layered: tropical and orchard fruits
and in the 1950s Ernesto Zarate helped kick off the region's quality revolution by co-founding the Cambados Albarino festival — then
Pierre Gonon, Saint-Joseph, 2014 vegan The 2020 vintage was coolBenchmark Saint Joseph from one of the Northern Rhne's most beloved family domaines, in its lightest and most perfumed guise. 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 with native yeasts in the