Alain Graillot, Crozes-Hermitage, La Guiraude 2016 (1.5L) Syrah From 40- to 60-year-old vines

From 40- to 60-year-old vines from Les Bessards

black/blue-hued offering from 75-year-old Syrah vines tastes like blood of the vine

I liked the palate better than the nose

racy and incisive

earthy dark fruits

Alain Graillot, Crozes-Hermitage, La Guiraude 2016 (1.5L) Syrah From 40- to 60-year-old vinesReceived in Original Carton The late Alain Graillot is well known to wine lovers throughout the world, and was universally regarded as one of the most talented producers not only in the Rhne, but in the whole of France. What is extraordinary is that he built his reputation and fame in just 15 short years, and in an appellation that was until recently seriously despised by the cognoscenti. He proved that even (or should we say particularly) from the