{"product_id":"gerard-courbis-saint-joseph-vieilles-vignes-2023","title":"Gérard Courbis Saint-Joseph Vieilles Vignes 2023","description":"\u003cp\u003eIf you’re looking for the perfect French red with a bit of everything, then this is it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSaint-Joseph sits in that sweet spot - not too heavy, not too light, just right. And when it’s made from old-vine Syrah on granite soils, you get exactly what you want - a smooth, savoury and peppery style of red.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCourbis are based in a village called Mauves - the historic heart of Saint-Joseph going back to the Middle Ages. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eVin de Mauves\u003c\/em\u003e once graced the finest tables around Europe - if you ever read \u003cem\u003eLes Misérables\u003c\/em\u003e, the Bishop of Digne even gives a bottle of it to the enigmatic Jean Valjean.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA French contact of mine discovered Courbis 20 years ago at a tiny local fair - they were just getting going on their own, having fallen out with a very prestigious neighbour who they used to sell grapes to.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe couldn’t believe the quality of the fruit, which comes from 80-100 year-old vines on steep granite slopes, and he’s been helping them sell their wines ever since.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA few years back, this was all sold on allocation so we wouldn’t have had a hope of getting in here.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSo should get some while you can, before all that changes again!\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WineSpark","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56979934544203,"sku":"GCSJVV23","price":26.66,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/0645\/5483\/files\/Ws-HighKey_0295.jpg?v=1779271170","url":"https:\/\/winespark.com\/products\/gerard-courbis-saint-joseph-vieilles-vignes-2023","provider":"WineSpark","version":"1.0","type":"link"}