The opaque purple-colored 2011 St.-Joseph La Sensonne comes from 55-year-old vines is aged in 75% new oak is bottled unfiltered and is a selection of special barrels from the l'Olivaie lieu-dit. More closed and tannic than its siblings the goal was to create a more ageworthy cuvee of St.-Joseph. Deep and full-bodied with abundant black raspberry strawberry and black cherry fruit intermixed with powdered rock graphite and toast this 2011 needs 2-3 years of cellaring (atypical for a 2011) and should drink well over the following 12-15 years.88-90+-Robert Parker