WTN: Courbis St. Joseph 2003

Rich and deep purple fruit with lots of burnt rubber, chocolate and espresso. Tobacco and wet earth as well. Long dark bitter finish with some tacky lingering oak. Hits with a lot of power up front, and a bit hot. Certainly a hot weather wine, a bit rough. A lot of punch for the price, but not a lot of subtlety or excitement.
B/B-

Sounds like the heat of that summer was a bit much for it. I've enjoyed this in past ('98 and '00 I think), more so than the Courbis Cornas.

I actually really like Courbis' St.-Joseph Blanc quite a bit, because I'm kind of into white Rhones and ever since JL Grippat became enveloped by Guigal after 1998, there's a real need for a yummy St.-Jospeh Blanc...