Crozes-Hermitage 'Clos les Cornirets'

Score

91

"An intense, driving, focussed, saline style of Crozes - aerial, with serious impact. The oak is fairly robust at this stage, but it's integrated, and will settle in time. Great sense of finesse and direction. Very long finish. A 0.9ha walled vineyard on a slope of brown granite near the village of Crozes to the north of the appellation. Hand-harvested, destemmed, fermented in concrete then aged for 12 months in barriques."