Domaine Des Lises Crozes Hermitage Rouge 2019 (750ML) Umbria

Domaine Des Lises Crozes Hermitage Rouge 2019 (750ML) UmbriaMaxime Graillot is the son of famed Crozes Hermitage pioneer Alain Graillot. Maxime has been producing Crozes Hermitage since 2004. Compared to Alains wines, Maximes are similarly exuberant and expressive, yet perhaps with a bit more size and fruit power to them. Unlike his father, Maxime Graillot choses to de stems nearly all of his grapes. On the basis of the first couple of vintages produced in admittedly small quantities the Domaine des Lises

with aromas of honey-drizzled apples

in that order

Packed with the full flavors of juicy cherries

After several droughty winters

cherries and hints of vanilla

They use the grapes from the top of the slope for this red

hints of coffee

91pts James Suckling

silky and nuanced to the core

warming all-spice

all from Ribeira Sacra

Everything is nicely integrated