Jean-Baptiste Souillard Crozes-Hermitage 2023 catalonia spicy French oak

spicy French oak

characteristic fragrance

complemented by hints of liquorice

And there is nothing wrong with that

Light cherry sweetness settles into the savoury spread of earthen tannin

Jean-Baptiste Souillard Crozes-Hermitage 2023 catalonia spicy French oakLike Hermitage, the northern Crozes village of Gervans is a severed fragment of the Ardche granite uplands on the opposite side of the Rhne. In fact, only 10% of Crozes is on granite, with the majority is composed of alluvial and clay soil, covered by thick layers of the iconic galets rouls. However, on the frigid granite slopes around Gervans and Larnage, Souillard found the purity and freshness he craves in his Crozes wines. He makes only three to