
While traveling through France's Rhône Valley to taste the red and white wines from the 2008 and 2009 vintages, I made first-time visits to four St.-Joseph domaines that stood out in my recent blind tastings: Domaine Faury, Laurent Betton, Domaine Monier / Monier-Perréol and Eric Rocher. Following are my tasting notes on some of the notable still aging in their cellars.
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