Steak mirabeau for dinner tonight, and with it something accessible and fruity.
Saint-Joseph “Les Royes” 2004, Domaine Courbis
A charming nose of fresh red fruit with a grind of pepper. It smells pretty simple but reasonably typical. The fruit is very nice but there really isn’t that much else there. The palate has hint of Syrah spiciness, but largely it displays a lot of juicy fruit. There is some length to it, which is good. The flavours are quite simple, though. However, that is what you expect from Saint-Joseph, so I cannot really complain. It is perfectly adequate, but I feel I am going to get a bit bored with this after a couple of glasses. This ranks slightly above ‘sub-interest’, but not very far above that.
“Bored with”!, not “bored of,”. Sorry to be a pedant… Two entries in as many days? my goodness! the tum must be fitting fit!