Matured half in new oak, the other half in second use barrels, the 2018 Saint Joseph Sainte-Epine offers up scents of cedar and vanilla set against a backdrop of ripe, dark fruit and spice. Full-bodied, rich and velvety in texture, it delivers all of the goods—concentrated fruit, ripe tannins, expensive oak—combined with the restrained power and refined elegance of its south-facing granite slope. Drink it over the next decade.