2016 Alain Graillot Crozes-Hermitage

Community Tasting Notes (127) Avg Score: 90.0 points

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  2/20/2024 - Stanrocks Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Quite restrained first,
  
  The wine needs 30 minutes to pope properly, and show what it has in the guts, with a lot of cassis and blueberry notes, some oak, and after 20/30 minutes the olive/tapenade pops out ... classical
  
  Well integrated tannins, palate is juicy and fresh, with spicy herbal notes of rosemary and thyme, not overly long, which you'd expect from that producer ! Still a very nice Cross of Higher level than most.
  
  Probably 90/92 with a good aeration.

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  2/8/2024 - MSN Does not like this wine:

  Agree with most of the negative comments here. Dead and dumped down the drain. Purchased 3 bottles of this wine from the same highly reputable retail shop in LA, and the wines have been stored perfectly in a temp / humidity controlled cellar. First bottle in 2018 was absolutely stunning, polished, and nearly perfect. Almost didn't seem like a Graillot wine. The next bottle was consumed in early 2023 and was dead; fruit totally gone. All that was remaining were the bones of acidity and gritty tannins. Opened my last bottle this week and was greeted with the same tragedy. Another bottle down the drain.

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  1/21/2024 - golfhawk Does not like this wine:

  Completely dead. Went down the drain.

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  1/14/2024 - Guillmallette Likes this wine: 91 Points

  I had the 2015 and 2016 of this Crozes-Hermitage back to back during a dinner with friends. We dranked this with an italian saussage korean ramen.
  
  The 2015 was fresh, fruity and quite acid. Easy to drink and enjoyable.
  The 2016 was a little less acid, longer in mouth and more velvety, smoother.
  
  All four around the table agreed to say the 2016 was the best.

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  12/31/2023 - lucnapo@gmail.com wrote:

  Bon vin, prêt.

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