2018 Domaine des Lises Crozes-Hermitage

Community Tasting Notes (8) Avg Score: 86.6 points

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  4/1/2024 - S. Connery Likes this wine: 86 Points

  Mørk, nesten svart i glasset. Aroma av solbær og jord. Klar frukt, tre og litt stall på smak. Kjølig og med lange, flotte tanniner.

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  2/12/2024 - Eudemis Likes this wine:

  14% alcohol. Pretty good cork (well, the sizeable defect was on the upper side of the cork, luckily). Decanted an hour ahead. Dark colour with no sign of ageing.
  The nose is very bright and engaging, certainly dark fruited but very pure; black olive too, but only in the background. Similarly pure in the mouth with vg intensity and a notably silky mouthfeel. High class and very long. In a word, superb!
  This wine feels rounder and less wild than what Alain (the father) used to produce in C-H, possibly because of the different de-stemming regimen. There are swings and roundabouts here; what you gain in in refinement you lose in character and maybe in ageability.
  In any case, this wine is hugelyy enjoyable and ready to drink, and it is true to its Northern Rhône origin. A resounding success and a repeat purchase.
  
  As a postscript, I will add that I returned to my previously favoured Riedel Hermitage glass on this occasion; well, the glass is still stunning visually, but how clunky it feels in the hand and on the lips compared to my current favourite Sensory Conterno glass !

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  11/2/2023 - jfalconeiii wrote: 88 Points

  Very good on the nose. Too good. As a 2018 which I’m drinking in late 2023, perhaps I must let this open up significantly? But the nose is a bit of a liar; on the palate it’s just not quite there. It’s a bit “green” at first sip. I don’t really taste what I thought I would and it moves from flat to very unbalanced as it finishes. I can’t pick out whether this is tannic, bitter, sour or all three in an odd proportion (with a rather noticeable bitter finish as it hangs around in my mouth). I also can’t really make out in the taste what I had smelled on the nose. I had thought this was sort of in the middle of its drinking window but maybe not. I’ve had much better French reds at this price point. I’d also note that a straight 14% abv is a bit on the high side for French wines. Not terrible but not one I’d race to buy again.

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  2/28/2022 - rSyver wrote: 88 Points

  Better than last bottle, but still not the game scents and the classical CH nose I want to find. More balanced now, seems to settle a bit, but the eucalyptus part of the nose seems to be the dominant one. The spice picture is more peppery now.
  
  Improving, but struggle to see in what direction.

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  1/4/2022 - EvoPeteMTL Likes this wine: 91 Points

  On the nose it feels like it's going to be a good Crozes-Hermitage, but when you get to taste it, it wayyyy too ripe. Maybe time will balance it, but I am passing over this one.
  
  Edit: 2nd day it was a totally different wine. Much more toned town, more balanced. A wine that will need to a few years in the cellar.

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