Alain Graillot - Crozes-Hermitage 2020 (1.5L) fiano de Avellino but all the elements are

but all the elements are well balanced

An enticing style

bread and caramel mixed with small oxidative notes

Bright pink color with juicy strawberry nose

and glorious length

Alain Graillot - Crozes-Hermitage 2020 (1.5L) fiano de Avellino but all the elements areAll 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 old oak barrels,