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DOMAINE BELLE Les Pierrelles, Crozes-Hermitage 2020 Bottle
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DOMAINE BELLE Les Pierrelles, Crozes-Hermitage 2020 Bottle
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DOMAINE BELLE Les Pierrelles, Crozes-Hermitage
Les Pierrelles is 100% Syrah (Shiraz) from organically-farmed vineyards in the Crozes-Hermitage communes of Pont d’Isère and Mercurol, cropped at 40hl/ha. Soils are very stony and sandy over red clay. Viticultural practices include close pruning, leaf thinning, and green harvesting, if necessary to manage yield. Grapes are hand-picked, destemmed, and vinified in traditional, closed, temperature-controlled vats with daily pumping over and punching down.
A final warm maceration follows the three-week, indigenous yeast fermentation. The wine is matured in used oak barrels (25% each two, three, four and five years old) for 14 months. Les Pierrelles is noted for inviting aromas of sweet spices, blackcurrant and raspberry. The palate is typically soft and voluptuous, with silky tannins and a long, balanced, lifted finish.
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Expert Review
Jeb Dunnuck
A lush, medium to full-bodied, wonderfully textured barrel sample, the 2020 Crozes-Hermitage Les Pierrelles sports a deep purple hue as well as medium to full-bodied aromas and flavors of ripe blackberries, violets, peppery herbs, and spice. I'd be happy to have bottles in the cellar, and it's going to drink well for 10-12 years, if not longer.
(91-93) points, JebDunnuck.com (February 2022)
Expert Review
Joe Czerwinski
One of the more concentrated 2020s from the appellation, the 2020 Crozes Hermitage les Pierrelles features scents of plummy fruit, mixed raspberries and black cherries, black olives and dark loam. It's medium to full-bodied, framed by soft tannins and finishes long, with hints of licorice and mocha, and a softly dusty texture. Tasted twice (once blind), with consistent notes.
91 points, Wine Advocate (January 2022)