Bottle of Laurent Fayolle Crozes-Hermitage Rouge Sens, Northern Rhône, France, Syrah red wine

Crozes-Hermitage Rouge Sens 2019

Laurent Fayolle

Try if you like Syrah (Shiraz)

ripe plum | liquorice | cracked black pepper

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Drew's Tasting Note

Elegant hedgerow aromas of blackberry and plum. A complex blend of cassis, ripe plum, and liquorice on the palate, combined with dark chocolate, cracked black pepper, and vanilla oak. Refreshing and long on the finish.

Producer: Laurent Fayolle | Vintage: 2019 | From: Northern Rhône, France | Alcohol: 14.5 | Size: 75cl | Style: medium-bodied red, still, organic | Grape: Syrah (Shiraz)

2020 vintage, 86 points, Joe Czerwinski, The Wine Advocate, January 2022

The Winery

Laurent Fayolle is the sixth generation of his family to farm in the northern Rhône village of Gervans. When the family domaine was divided in 2002, Laurent took charge of seven hectares of old vines (many over 60 years old) on the granite slopes on the far side of the hill of Hermitage. His first move was to convert the entire estate to organic farming, and his approach in the cellar is equally careful: soft extraction, concrete vessels, and minimal new oak, allowing the varied terroirs he farms (terraced granite and loess slopes, limestone, and river galets) to shine through in the finished wines.

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