David Reynaud Crozes Hermitage Cuvee Beaumont Savoie iron-rich earth

iron-rich earth

and a gentle limestone dusting

As vintners who make wine for the sheer enjoyment of it

Subtle notes of tea leaf

and this was delightfully thirst-quenching

David Reynaud Crozes Hermitage Cuvee Beaumont Savoie iron-rich earthCrozes Hermitage is the place. Shunned by wine cognoscenti as not Hermitage, Crozes is the long hillside slope behind the hill of Hermitage, France, in the Northern Rhone. Think of it as Beverly Hills 9 0 2 1 1. Yet this slice of real estate is beautiful for us those of us who drink for pleasure. It can, in the hands of the best producers, in the best vintages, offer one of the worlds most amazing Syrahs (Shiraz if youre of Aussie persuasion), that