2007 Crozes Hermitage Vieilles Vignes
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Youthful purple color. Highly perfumed bouquet of black raspberry, cassis, cinnamon and potpourri. Spicy, sharply focused red and dark berry flavors are complemented by smoky minerality and pick up a suave floral quality with air. Juicy and seamless wine with impressive finishing precision and lingering notes of flowers and spices.
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Julia Harding MW, jancisrobinson.com
Josh Raynolds
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50-year-old Syrah vines. Not yet bottled. Deep purplish ruby. Ripe sweet alcoholic cherries made more complex by dark roasted spicy notes. Very ripe but not overripe. Rich and opulent even before you have tasted it. Chocolatey oak texture, mouthfilling but in an elegant way with that fluid dry texture that marks out fine Syrah. Dry and fine and lingering and surprisingly delicate on the finish, particularly when tasted cooler. (JH)
Bright purple. Pungent blackcurrant, baking spice and mineral aromas are strikingly fresh and pure. Lush, creamy dark berry flavors pack solid punch and are framed by silky tannins. A fruit-driven Crozes, with no animal character and very good finishing clarity.