Alain Graillot, Crozes-Hermitage, La Guiraude 2016 (3L) Chardonnay mineral wine with upside for

mineral wine with upside for those with a little patience

this wine shows quite differently than Grenache from Sur Echalas Vineyard — but is every bit as good

black raspberries

and did the time do it good

Alain Graillot, Crozes-Hermitage, La Guiraude 2016 (3L) Chardonnay mineral wine with upside forReceived in Original Wooden Case 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