Crozes-Hermitage

CUVÉE "AU FIL DU TEMPS" 2016

Print the data sheet	Estate :	Emmanuel Darnaud 21 Rue du stade 26600 La Roche de Glun (Drôme - Vallée du Rhône Nord - France)
	Appellation :	Crozes-Hermitage
	Color :	Red
	Cuvée :	"Au Fil du Temps" Ground Parcel selection : terroir « Les Saviaux »
	Vintage :	2016
	Harvest date :	September 21 to October 6, 2016
	Grape variety :	100 % Syrah
	ABV :	13°
	Soil :	Glacial alluvium composed of rolled pebbles
	Age of vineyards :	25-60 years
	Cultivation :	Ploughed soils, manual grape-picking
	Winemaking/maturing :	All parcels are separately matured (oak barrels or concrete vats for 15 days) : then 50 % are aged in new oak barrels and 50 % in half-muids or oak barrels that already contained wine. Duration : about 16 months). This cuvee is made with 20 % of whole crop
	Wine tasting :	Color : Deep red colour, with a beautiful brilliance and a slight ruby tint Nose : Delicate and subtle. Aromas of blackberry and liquorice stick. Feeling of wet stones Mouth : Rich and élancé. The entry in the mouth is of a great freshness. The tannins are velvety and offer a voluminous and racy mid-palate. This wine reveals a great harmony and will need a few years to get mellowness and reveal its optimum Good with : This wine will reveal itself with soft and delicate textures such as : Hazelnut deer, juice of spices and creamy polenta, Pluma of Pata-négra just seized,crushed green cabbage, Aubrac Rib of beef, creamy Béarnaise ; Morbier cheese of a few years
	Laying down :	3 to 10 years