Etienne Becheras (Le Prieure d'Arras) Crozes-Hermitage Rouge 2024 CS20230516 and seriously delicious

and seriously delicious

Fermented on the lees for at least 12 months before disgorgement

Nose: Ripe dark fruits such as blackberry and plum

and plum skin layer with rooibos

Etienne Becheras (Le Prieure d'Arras) Crozes-Hermitage Rouge 2024 CS20230516 and seriously deliciousOld vine Syrah from the steep hillsides of the Northern Rhone, made by a grower who farms organically across a small 12 hectare polyculture estate near Arras. Etienne Becheras works plots in Arras, Vion, and Mercurol, and this Crozes Hermitage comes off old vines on a steep slope, bottled unfined and unfiltered. It is a serious, honest take on the appellation without the price tag of its famous Hermitage neighbor. The 2024 drinks well young but will