Well, the Tain wines keep rolling in. Discovered this poking around in the
environs of the Hermitage mentioned in the other thread. Presumably also
a gift (although a more recent one I should hope to remember...) so don't
know what it cost. Assume a bit more than the "classic" crozes. Thought it
would be interesting to compare.

This is certainly a classier wine, but it loses a little of the raw syrah aspect I'd
expect, the typicity. Well balanced, fruit more restrained but without much
tannin, good length but a little thin in the middle, overall chewy impression
none the less, stone fruits, earth. The whole is perhaps less than the
sum of the parts, I'd not really seek it out, although it went well enough
with a roast chicken and mash. As with most Crozes, not a long keeper.

-E

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