2012 Pierre Gonon St. Joseph Blanc Les Oliviers - France, Rhône, Northern Rhône, St. Joseph (9/9/2014)
Some significant reduction on the nose, needs quite a bit of air; nicely round, nutty, waxy, elegant, good acidity, and a nice blast of mineral intensity on the finish. Will probably gain with age, but quite nice today. (90 pts.)
My limited experience with Gonon St Joe blanc compares favorably with the Hermitage Blanc I’ve had. Qualitatively it may be closer than the St Joe rouge is to Hermitage Rouge. But I admit to a limited sample size.
I’d agree.