Gonon 2007-2024

Pierre and Jean Gonon have a mastery of St. Joseph that is unparalleled. They have been making some of the most soulful and compelling wines in the northern Rhône.

Today, we pay homage to Gonon's wines with a range of their wines that includes magnums. 

Les Iles Feray is mostly sourced from parcels lower on the slopes of their Saint Joseph vineyards and a small portion of young vines further up the slopes. In any vintage, the wine is incredibly agile and pure and offers up a complicated assortment of bright fruit, spice, floral notes, and crushed rock.

The amount of gracefulness that Gonon is able to coax from Syrah in the hills of Saint-Joseph is extraordinary. The signatures of Gonon's are a pure and clear profile with an intricate and detailed presentation of blackberries, olives, violets, spice, and forest floor notes wrapped around a smoke-infused minerality.

Finally, there is Gonon's white, St. Joseph Les Oliviers. If the best Hermitage Blancs show incredible depth and glycerol, Gonon's St. Joseph Blanc Les Oliviers is sterner in its acid and mineral backbone. The way that it ages is legendary. It can easily age for a couple of decades. For us, it defines what's possible for St. Joseph Blanc.

Les Oliviers is a special terroir for white grapes—it may very well be the best in the appellation. Taste Gonon's Blanc, and you're immediately taken by its harmony, complexity, and completeness. It's a wine of undeniable class. Pierre and Jean Gonon's father was one of the first to cultivate white grapes in the appellation, planting vines of Marsanne back in 1958. He clearly chose the site well.

Keep in mind that quantities are very limited. Give us your ideal order, and we'll try our best. 

To order, email offers@crushwineco.com or call the store at (212) 980-9463.

Ian McFadden
Director, Fine & Rare
Crush Wine & Spirits