Les Trois Chênes Crozes-Hermitage Syrah

Intoxicating nose of mashed dark flowers, dark blackberry fruit, spice, leather, raspberry, dusty wood shavings, and more. Bursting aromas. Palate is chewy and dense and dark and brooding with intense granite cling. Big ripe tannins and exquisite fruit. Needs 1 hour. Brilliant Crozes.

Classic Crozes-Hermitage, the 2013 Emmanuel Darnaud Mise en Bouche is composed of 100% Syrah grown in gallet-studded Glacial alluvia. Brooding and baritone, the nose is laden in black fruit. Gamier notes and black olives evolve into blackberries steeped in fresh thyme, violets, and anise pastille. The attack is all black fruit, couched in firm, grippy tannins that terminate in a moderate, if slightly chalky finish accented by cedar and green peppercorn. 13.0% ABV

Purple flower, pepper, meat. Moderate tannin. Right in my wheelhouse. Nice Crozes.

Black olive, meat and some floral notes on the nose. Medium weighted, juicy on the palate. Finish is still a little grippy. This is a direct hit from Garagiste. Wish they could all be this way. Strangely approachable, but best to lay off for 2-3 years.

BTGable

Smokey, meaty and rich with a touch of violets.

Fresh. A more muscular Arnot-Roberts North Coast.

Awesome

Had it at Bistro Vendome w GP

Blackberry, hint tobacco, fuzzy tannins