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Saturday, July 22, 2023 - WOW! So much more than I expected from a lesser known Rhone producer. I didn't realize how much I would like Crozes-Hermitages. We poured this into the decanter, immediately had a glass, then had another glass about an hour later.

On the nose, we were immediately greeted with wet clay, truffles, cherries, leather, and tobacco, maybe even rust (but it was pleasant I swear). The more we smelled the wine, the more the wine gave us! As the wine evolved, it opened up to show thyme and rosemary, then chocolate, then roses. There was forever an almost barnyard-y funkiness to it that was so interesting to smell alongside those crushed rose notes.

Upon tasting the wine, my palate was filled with plums and cherries, with a hint of vanilla, as well as some cured meat notes. The distinct flavor of the nose showed up here too, with notes of truffles and old leather. After some time in the decanter, the wine expressed all the above, but the cherry notes became darker, the wine seemed all at once historic, reminding me of a dusty old library filled with old hardback copies of greek mythology...I was sure the Hobbit would be there somewhere as well...

This wine was excellent, it really brought up old memories, with a nose that almost smelled like my grandpa's old tractor that we used to work around his property with. IT smelled wise, like it had already lived more lives than I have.

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