Alain Graillot Crozes-Hermitage Rouge 2021 Loire Expressive and lively on the

Expressive and lively on the nose

This vintage was aged in large oak barrels for 24 months and only 7

and balance

juicy acidity and oak barrel notes

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Alain Graillot Crozes-Hermitage Rouge 2021 Loire Expressive and lively on theWinemaker Notes: 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 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