Origin:Crozes-Hermitage, France
Grape: Syrah
Body: Medium
Year: 2013
Alcohol: 13%
Price point: $22
Year Reviewed: 2017
On the eyes, this is blackish purple wine. The nose is quite interesting and took me awhile to decipher what I was smelling. Get mushroom, cherries, clay, wet stone, wet leaves, and wet wood. I also get a lot of earth. On the mouth, the texture is total smoothness of this wine with a bit of a dry, woody taste and an acidic finish that I may even say has a bit of bitterness to it. Compare/contrast this Northern Rhone Syrah from France to Australian Shiraz for your growth is tasting experiences or schedule a wine tasting party with me to learn about different grapes from various regions and how they, when bottled, are so varying. Let this wine breathe at least several hours to release some acids and tannins. After it opened up, I personally enjoyed the flavors much more, as they were not so harsh.
Crozes-Hermitage is a French wine Appellation d’Origine Contrôlée (AOC) in the northern Rhône wine region of France. The appellation is the largest in the northern Rhone, and its wines are less highly regarded than those from the nearby appellations of Côte-Rôtie or its near-namesake Hermitage. Most of the wines produced here are red wines made from the Syrah grape, sometimes blended with small quantities of white Roussanne or Marsanne grapes. Some white wines are also made, based on Marsanne and/or Roussanne.[1]