2016 Crozes-Hermitage Rouge, Cuvée Christophe, Domaine des Remizières, Rhône

  • Red
  • Dry
  • Full Bodied
  • Syrah
Joe Czerwinski
90/100
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2016 Crozes-Hermitage Rouge, Cuvée Christophe, Domaine des Remizières, Rhône

Description

If the generic Crozes is mainly sourced from the
flatter vineyards around Mercurol, these vines
are centred around the steeper granitic slopes of
Larnage. The additional concentration engendered is
complemented by a sojourn in barrique and the result
rejoices in generous black fruit, spicy wood tannins
and a clean fresh finish. Drink now to 2021.
Simon Field MW, Wine Buyer
Colour Red
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2016
Alcohol % 13
Grape List Syrah
Body Full Bodied
Property Domaine des Remizières

Critics reviews

Joe Czerwinski 90/100
The 2016 Crozes-Hermitage Cuvee Christophe boasts some lovely notes of pepper, violets and black raspberries but also a veneer of cedar and vanilla. It's creamy and lush across the medium to full-bodied palate, with the oak playing too prominent a role, and coming across as slightly popcorn-like on the long finish.Joe Czerwinski - 28/12/2018
Joe Czerwinski, RobertParker.com (Dec 2018)

About this wine

Syrah/Shiraz

A noble black grape variety grown particularly in the Northern Rhône where it produces the great red wines of Hermitage, Cote Rôtie and Cornas, and in Australia where it produces wines of startling depth and intensity. Reasonably low yields are a crucial factor for quality as is picking at optimum ripeness. Its heartland, Hermitage and Côte Rôtie, consists of 270 hectares of steeply terraced vineyards producing wines that brim with pepper, spices, tar and black treacle when young. After 5-10 years they become smooth and velvety with pronounced fruit characteristics of damsons, raspberries, blackcurrants and loganberries. It is now grown extensively in the Southern Rhône where it is blended with Grenache and Mourvèdre to produce the great red wines of Châteauneuf du Pape and Gigondas amongst others. Its spiritual home in Australia is the Barossa Valley, where there are plantings dating as far back as 1860. Australian Shiraz tends to be sweeter than its Northern Rhône counterpart and the best examples are redolent of new leather, dark chocolate, liquorice, and prunes and display a blackcurrant lusciousness. South African producers such as Eben Sadie are now producing world- class Shiraz wines that represent astonishing value for money.

Domaine des Remizieres

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