[SOLD-OUT] Jean Baptiste Souillard Crozes-Hermitage 2016

SAVOURY, COMPLEX, FRAGRANT WINE FROM AN UP-AND-COMING PRODUCER WORKING FROM SOME OF THE REGION'S GREAT OLD VINE SITES. 

"After winemaking in Australia, New Zealand and Burgundy — where he struck up an ongoing friendship with Ben Leroux at Comte Armand, Jean-Baptiste Souillard worked as an oenologue for Jean-Luc Colombo before starting his own micro-négoce in 2014. Working out of his parents tiny, medieval cellar in the Ardèche hills above Andance,

Souillard makes 15 cuvées, each in tiny batches. The focus for the reds is to source from untapped, old vine sites on the region’s left bank ‘têtes de coteaux’, on the top of the hills. In Crozes, Souillard has specifically sought out excellent hillside parcels on granite in the late ripening northern communes. In short, he’s looking for pure fruit, but with intensity, structure and bunchy grip and, importantly, freshness.

Natural ferments, with plenty of whole bunches, neutral oak (old barrique) and delicate extractions are the order of the day. Deliciously savoury, bunchy wines of complex fragrance and subtleness — it’s clear the Northern Rhône has an outstanding new talent in its midst. The style hinges on structure and tension, quite removed from the softer, plusher style of Crozes found further south." - Imbibo

 


Country:
France
Region:
France- Rhone Valley Northern
Variety:
Wine Red - Shiraz
Size:
750mL

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$72.00

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