Looking at the 2014s, these are easily up with the crème de la crème of the vintage. The top cuvée is the 2014 Saint Joseph Le Paradis Saint Pierre, which comes from a single parcel of old vines planted on a steep, granite hillside just outside the village of Mauves. Deep ruby/purple-tinged, it offers beautiful, granite-influenced notes of black cherries, wood smoke, black olive, liquid rocks and even a hint of bacon fat. This rich, medium-bodied, concentrated and yet always elegant beauty isn’t a blockbuster, but is impeccably balanced and will evolve gracefully.