Alain Graillot, Crozes-Hermitage, La Guiraude 2016 (1.5L) Syrah One of the best Clos

One of the best Clos de Vougeot this year

Krankl continues on his own

More than any of his peers

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

spicy persistence

Alain Graillot, Crozes-Hermitage, La Guiraude 2016 (1.5L) Syrah One of the best ClosReceived 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