2023 for Comparison:
90 pts Vinous
Drinking Window 2025 - 2028
Mixing 80% Marsanne with 20% Roussanne from over 40-year-old vines growing on sandy soils, the 2023 Crozes-Hermitage Blanc launches with zesty lemon flesh, yellow apple, white flowers and a slice of pear. Medium-bodied and sapid, the 2023 leaves the spotlight with phenolic bitterness on the nuanced finish. - By Nicolas Greinacher on November 2024
- Practicing organic
- 80% Marsanne, 20% Roussanne
- 35+ year old vines
- Very rocky, gravel stone soils (see picture below of the stones and vines)
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Vinification: Pneumatic pressing of whole grapes. No malolactic fermentation (to preserve acidity).
- Fermented and aged in 50% 1 year old Burgundy barrels, 50% stainless steel