2022 Alain Graillot Crozes Hermitage Rouge

2022 Alain Graillot Crozes Hermitage RougeNot many people can rock out in Crozes Hermitage. Its a big, varied appellation with a lot of average vines. In 1985, Alain Graillot found a tasty little plot of land and set to work on making a Crozes that tasted a lot more like its famous older brother, Hermitage, than its peers. (Judging by the fact that hes now arguably the most allocated and sought after producer in the region, it seems like he can check that goal off his list!) We buy this every

and they’ve gone off it

The resemblance is almost uncanny: that taut strawberryish

Old school Edna Valley deliciousness at a Monday night price

Drinkable and mouthwatering now

You’ll be hard-pressed to find a better example of darkly powerful Cabernet Sauvignon for the money in all of California

this is more Macon-Villages than Edna Valley

with a vibrant acidity and an incredibly silky texture on the palate

with notes of crushed oyster shells

and this is a bottle that has all of our resident Franc-ophiles aswoon

is where *Reservas* get serious

We’ve been rabid fans of Kenny Likitprakong’s Tocai Friulano ever since its first release many years back

and the unmistakable taste of late-summer no-fog not-too-hot trans-Californian sunshine