2024 Saint Peray Fleur de Crussol
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The 2024 Saint-Péray Fleur de Crussol, sourced from higher-altitude parcels above Ongrie on clay-limestone soils with granitic inclusions and planted with 90-year-old Marsanne, was matured for 18 months in barrel. It reveals a complex and elegant bouquet of orange blossom, pear and white flowers. Medium- to full-bodied, dense and enveloping, it’s layered and precise, built around a fleshy core of fruit that carries through to a long, ethereal finish marked by lingering notes of pear.
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Not scheduled to be bottled until spring of next year, the 2024 Saint-Péray Fleur De Crussol is cut from the same cloth as the 2023, with perhaps a touch less overall concentration. Stone fruits, honeyed flowers, crushed stone, and almond croissant define the aromatics, and it's medium-bodied, with a focused, tight, elegant mouthfeel and outstanding length. As with the 2023, it shows that subtle kiss of Burgundy-like reduction. This was another terrific lineup from Alain Voge. The 2023s here are rock solid, with good ripeness and lifted, exotic profiles. The 2024s shine in this vintage, and while it was challenging, there's plenty to like in the releases here.
The 2024 Saint-Péray Fleur de Crussol brings its opening notes of prominent honeysuckle, cedar, vanilla and ripe lemon aromatics. Jasmine adds more florality. Midweight and concentrated, the 2023 edges out with notable crispness on the long, citric finish.