2019 Domaine des Lises Equis Duo Crozes-Hermitage

Maxime Graillot is the young owner of the Domaine des Lises. A small wine farm with 4 hectares of vineyard. After many years of working in the family business, the son of the legendary Alain Graillot decided to make his own wine. He has bought a vineyard of 4 hectares, very close to his father. The yield is (deliberately) very low and no pesticides are used, The Domaine Lises Duo is a more than excellent wine, the grapes come from vineyards located at the foot of the Hermitage hill, one of the most famous vineyards in the world and the price/quality of this Crozes Hermitage is unparalleled. Traditional vinification, hand-picked, destemmed and selected grapes aged for 2 years in French oak, 1-2 years old. Only a small percentage gets new wood. All this to let the fruit predominate in this naturally powerful wine.

On the nose, this Crozes Hermitage by Domaine des Lises has complex notes of red fruit, hints of mocha cream and spices with a hint of pepper and anise. The taste of this 100% syrah is very mineral, fresh, tasteful with a good balance in the acids and the fruit and has a long, almost sensual aftertaste. Full, but above all elegant and ripe.