2016 Crozes Hermitage Gervans Vieilles Vignes
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This is a stunning Crozes Hermitage, with sinewy texture, sweet, bright red fruit and a granitic mineral streak, white pepper and tobacco ash on the nose, creating an elegant layered whole. Poised and refined, with fantastic concentration and freshness on the long, finely tuned finish. A great energy, elegance and focused and seductive depth.
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Jancis Robinson MW
Jancis Robinson MW
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Brilliant purple. Vibrant, mineral-accented aromas of fresh blue fruits, olive and candied licorice, joined by a steadily building peppery nuance. Juicy, focused and gently sweet, offering intense boysenberry and spicecake flavors and a touch of allspice. The mineral note comes back strong on a very long, penetrating finish that leaves a sexy violet pastille note behind.
100% Syrah (60 years old). 66% destemmed. Terroir: Larnage, Battis, Gervans, slopes in Mercurol. Ageing: 12 months in new and one-year-old oak plus 6 months in foudre (Tronçais – Allier). Mid purplish crimson. Not the intense colour of the south. Meaty and lifted. Very fragrant. Racy and round. Super supple with a little salty savour on the end. Really very impressive indeed. Not amazingly concentrated but beautifully balanced. (JR)