2018 Olivier Dumaine Crozes – Hermitage Rouge

WSI94 Layered aromas of earth, mushrooms, spice, bacon and blue/black fruits lead to a mouth-watering, creamy balance of juicy blue fruits and savory elements of black olives and black pepper. The gnarled 70+ year-old vines grow from a seeming moonscape of chunky, gravelly white granite, close-spaced for low yields, each trained to its own wood post trelis. Destemmed, native-fermented in cement tanks and aged 6 months in 1 to 3 year-old oak, using no new oak.  100% Syrah Serine Clone