Domaine Paul Jaboulet Aîné Crozes Hermitage ‘Mule Blanche’ 2018
13% abv, La Roche de Glun, Tain L’Hermitage, Drôme, imported by MISA Imports, Dallas, TX. Cork closure: natural. Biodynamic calendar: root day. Jaboulet is a big house with an impressive range of wines at the higher end. I was excited to try this single-vineyard Crozes-Hermitage Blanc, a blend of 50% Marsanne and 50% Roussanne from vineyards […]
Olivier Dumaine ‘La Croix de Verre’ Crozes-Hermitage Blanc 2018
14% abv, Larnage, Drome, imported by Chloe Wines, Seattle, WA. I admire the sheer uniqueness of the white wines of the Northern Rhône. Whereas Viognier may be the shining star of this region, the wines from Roussanne and Marsanne are wines for meditation, often producing otherworldly scents and flavors exotic to what we conventionally expect […]