Retour Guigal - Saint-Joseph - Lieu-Dit - Blanc - 2022
COUNTRY/REGION: Rhône Valley
DESIGNATION: AOP Saint-Joseph
COLOR: White
VINTAGE: 2022
GRAPE VARIETY: 95% Marsanne, 5% Roussanne
ALCOHOL: 14.5 vol.
CONTENT: 75 cl
The tasting
Color Bright golden yellow.
Nose Fragrances of ripe fruit with fine notes of honey and toast.
Palate Precise and well-balanced, this cuvée has a fine, complex profile, offering a smooth, rich, delicate juice of great elegance.
The sommelier's advice
Temperature Serve between 10 and 12°C.
Food Veal carpaccio, pan-fried scorpion fish fillets, mature cheeses.
Cellar ageing From now until 2030, and even longer for enthusiasts.
The estate and the wine
The estate and the wine A fantastic viticultural success story coupled with a formidable human adventure, Maison Guigal is today at the pinnacle of its game. Its unrivalled vineyard heritage has enabled it to square the circle: produce large volumes of wine with unrivalled quality and consistency. 

Whether it's his parcel-based cuvées or his lieux-dits, the standard remains very high, with feverish attention paid to every detail. All the wines here shine with admirable consistency, reflecting the House's dedication to its terroirs.
Wine The quintessence of the appellation, made from the finest terroirs, the 2022 white Lieu-Dit Saint-Joseph is a little marvel of precision and balance, with an energizing freshness. Combined with an exceptional vintage, this rich, suave white, with its floral accents and the juvenile notes of its ageing, between fresh wood and toast, offers definite potential. It would be a shame to rush into anything! This is a great white wine of elegance, in which the marsanne grape (95%) displays finesse and complexity.
Vinification Hand-harvested, controlled alcoholic fermentation, vinification and ageing in new oak barrels for 2/3 of the juice and in one-wine barrels for 1/3.
AWARDS
AWARDS House rated 1 star in the Guide des Meilleurs Vins de France 2024 (RVF)
Domaine rated 5 stars in the Guide Bettane et Desseauve 2024