Alain Graillot, Crozes-Hermitage, La Guiraude 2016 (1.5L) Syrah I liked the palate better

I liked the palate better than the nose

black/blue-hued offering from 75-year-old Syrah vines tastes like blood of the vine

From 40- to 60-year-old vines from Les Bessards

Wine Advocate #157

More than any of his peers

Alain Graillot, Crozes-Hermitage, La Guiraude 2016 (1.5L) Syrah I liked the palate betterReceived in Original Carton The late Alain Graillot is well known to wine lovers throughout the world, and was universally regarded as one of the most talented producers not only in the Rhne, but in the whole of France. What is extraordinary is that he built his reputation and fame in just 15 short years, and in an appellation that was until recently seriously despised by the cognoscenti. He proved that even (or should we say particularly) from the