After seeing Otto’s updates on some top St Joes, I was motivated to pull a bottle of this AOC, although not in the same league as the linked lineup. I’ve held this 2012 Delas ‘Francois de Tournon’ [St Joseph] since release, consuming it over 3 nights without any decanting, although it got plenty of aeration by the latter days. This is not as big as the 2010 vintage for my tastes, and at age 11, should be consumed as it was best early on. 2012 earned positive professional reviews, but the structure/mouthfeel feels soft to me now, without that zip that this AOC can/should show. I found some minty and Jaegermeister flavors here as well. 13.5% abv, which seems low nowadays, but I think this should be drunk up. I’ll still buy this bottling in future vintages, assuming it can be acquired in the $30something zone. It’s a fine example of a modern, clean NoRho which slides into the B+ spot on my ledger.