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yet patience is rewarded
with riverbed stones that radiate heat
pears or dried fruits
lifted finish
Commanding the stage with full-bodied strength and smooth finesse
Alain Graillot - Crozes-Hermitage 2020 (1.5L) Campo de Borja yet patience is rewardedAll the grapes are hand harvested, from severely pruned, low yielding vines. The red Crozes Hermitage grapes are not destemmed, i. e. 100% whole cluster. They are loaded into lined concrete vats, and temperatures are brought down to 18C for a 2 to 5 day pre fermentation maceration. Once vinifications (indigenous yeast) get going, temperatures rise to 30C, and cuvaison lasts 15 to 21 days. Aged for one year 80% of them in one to 3 year old oak barrels,