Alain Graillot Crozes-Hermitage

尚可，期望较高，但这个酒也就这样，陈年也好不哪去

2010 vintage

Acidity is very high, approaching the defect level.

2010 vintage

Smooth and well integrated. Rich dark fruit. Maybe a slight hint of gamey meat. A wonderful wine.

2010 vintage

My last bottle. Stood up for 24h, decanted off sediment for 1h then back into bottle and brought to tasting. From memory, about 6h after initial decant. Everything has come together. Lovely aromas that lead with flowers, ripe blackberries, herbs, green stems, some roasted game meats, and olives. Took some time for the palate to catch up to the nose. Palate with ripe blackberries, herbs and some green stems, olives and roasted game meats. Fantastic balance and lovely complexity. Just …

2010 vintage

Deep garnet. Mature, medium intensity nose. Charcuterie, smoked paprika powder. Followed but next layer of juniper smoked cognac sausage, dark dried fruit, black olives and a slight spiciness with laurel. On the palate a tiny hint of sweetness, high acidity, medium(+) finegrained tannins finding every wrinkle of the palate, almost full bodied. 13%. Mouthfilling. Flavours as nose, except for the fruit that is fresher and leans towards red. Very long aftertaste with textured afterfeel. Superb! A top Graillot!

2010 vintage

With Haggis of all things - just lovely. Needed a 90minute decant to open up. Dried/hung meat on the nose and fresh mountain berries(?) on the palate (krekling på norsk). More proof that this wine in a decent vintage (2008 not so much) can take 15-20 years in the cellar and be better for it.

2010 vintage

Red with brownish rim, medium intensity. Medium(-) intensity nose, spicy and fresh, developed dark fruit. On the palate a hint of sweetness, medium(+) acidity, medium tannins, medium body. 13%. Spices, dark blue fruit, mature but not dried. After a while, addition of smoked charcuterie. Very good length with a bit drying afterfeel. Follows over three days, still fresh with accentuated dried fruit, smoke and meaty/charcuterie flavours.

2010 vintage

Dark red with precipitate, high intensity. Mature, medium intensity nose. Vanilla, powder, red dried fruit, some spicy notes. On the palate a touch of sweetness, high acidity, medium(+) tannins, medium(+) body. 13%. Unsophisticated flavours of dried red fruit. Grainy texture. Drying afterfeel. Day 2: Just dull dried fruit and leather.

2010 vintage

Wonderful. Medium weight, strong fruit offset by chalky tannins. Dry but with a hint of sweetness, just what I seek in syrah.

2010 vintage

Final bottle from a full case purchased in 2014 from the Dutch importer. Bottle No. 044293, 13% ABV. Pristine condition. Still going strong, bright and fresh Syrah fruit, lovely definition, minerally and intense, slender and energetic, just starting to hint at tertiary development. Amazing value and still with a future,

2010 vintage

Decanted off sediment for 1h at 6a, then back into bottle and brought to tasting at 7p. Note is at 10:30p. Mild lactic aromas with roasted game meats, blackberries, herbs, olives, bark and a bit of earth. Palate had a lovely balance with a melange of roasted game meats, juicy ripe blackberries, olives, bark, earth and herbs. Light-medium tannins on a medium body with nice acids. Moderate complexity. Also, just delicious. Drinking well now.

2010 vintage

deep red color, cherry and black pepper on the fiesty nose, palate of cherry and dark fruits and seemingly still a lot of oak, very firm and a bit rought and tumble, full body, good finish with a bit of warmth, simple but substantial, I would drink soon. **+, maybe *** with more airing, ready to go

2010 vintage

A much better bottle - no signs of drying out - lovely balance all round . excellent .

2010 vintage

Dark reddish brown delicious color. Big smell of smoked, forest, mushroom. Elegant, delicious mature character. Hints of forest, twig bark, old bark. A little over

2010 vintage

Syrah singing all the notes you like. Packed with chewy small black olives and herbs of every kind. Made the Easter lamb very happy.

2010 vintage

Tenth bottle from a full case purchased in 2014. Bottle No. 044225, 13% ABV. Pristine condition. Today the news broke that Alain Graillot, viticulteur extraordinaire in Crozes-Hermitage and president of the Académie du Vin de France, passed away on Friday 4 March 2022, aged 77. This 2010 is testament to his work and to the quality of his terroirs. So bright and fresh at (almost) 12 years of age, a very pure expression of northern Rhône Syrah, flowers and fruit …

2010 vintage

Serious, well made northern Rhone, highlighting the strengths of the 2010 vintage. Nose dripping with bacon fat, violets, olive tapenade, black fruit - plum, black raspberry, even a hint of currant, and almond. Palate big, but incredibly balanced. Still quite tannic, great acid, strong dark fruit still there, herbal - thyme. Long finish and complex here too. Good minerals. Still young

2010 vintage

Dark red. Developed, high intensity nose dominated of raw meat, charcuterie, black peppar and dark fruit. A tiny sweetness, medium(+) acidity, medium(+) cooked rice grain tannins, full bodied, 13%. Flavours as in nose. Austere generosity. Very typical. Graillot in perfect shape. (Day 3; dried fruit added and flavours deepened, still very good.)

2010 vintage

Ninth bottle from a case purchased in 2014. Bottle No. 044311, 13% ABV. Pristine. So bright and precise and minerally, so energetic and fresh, so youthful - this is really superior Crozes. It is finally starting to develop some tertiary (meaty) complexity, but the focus is still very much on the finely chiselled primary fruit (peach, cherry) and the floral / peppery lift. It is very tight and quite dry - does it lack generosity or does it need more …

2010 vintage

Out of mag. Loved it. Super meaty and peppery with lovely black and red fruits coming through. No rush at all in this format. I opened about 6 hours before Christmas dinner

2010 vintage

Young fruit has faded but now a liquorice and black fruit palate. Longish finish but probably drying out a bit and minded to drink up my last two

2010 vintage

Eighth bottle from a case purchased in 2014. Bottle no. 044307, 13% ABV. Very similar to my tasting note from 1 January 2020, also slender but with more fruit and generosity. Drinking beautifully, energetic, minerally, fresh and expressive. Impressive length for a humble Crozes.

2010 vintage

I think this was infanticide. Deep purple red, very youthful appearance. Nose is also mostly primary fruit, very little development. Which isn't to say it's not tasty, it's just still surprisingly primary. As in, if you told me it was a 2017, I'd have believed you. Plummy fruit, tobacco. Bright red-fruited palate, nice, cherry, cassis pastille, some floral/perfume. Very pretty, I just wish I'd have waited another 3-5 years, it's bound to be better. - 91?

2010 vintage

This bottle is much better than my previous one. The fruit, which is primarily sour cherry, is pleasant and the minerality is nice. But the wine seems to be entering its final phase.

2010 vintage

Youthful appearance for age and appellation, sombre colour, just starting to brown at the edges; lovely expression on the nose, fresh and youthful, pure and precise and minerally, peach and cherry, black pepper and smoky bacon, gunpowder tea; the palate is still tight coiled, very energetic and youthful, with the classical flavours of Syrah on granite soils, but there is relatively little stuffing to buffer the structural elements; finishes tight and precise, but also slightly dry. Still going strong, but …

2010 vintage

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