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Crozes-Hermitage, Alain Graillot 2021
Crozes-Hermitage, Alain Graillot 2021
SKU: SKU:FR-AGR-11-21
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DESCRIPTION
DESCRIPTION
Arguably the touchstone example of Croze-Hermitage. Deep and broody, it's one to contemplate.
All 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 18°C for a 2 to 5 day pre-fermentation maceration.
Once vinifications (indigenous yeast) get going, temperatures rise to 30°C, and cuvaison lasts 15 to 21 days. Aged for one year - 80% of them in one to 3 year old oak barrels, the remaining 20% in vat. They are given a light filtration but no fining before bottling.
