Remizieres, Crozes-Hermitage Christophe other_regions_italy with smoked meat and a

with smoked meat and a touch of VA

This is quite ripe yet very fresh with its less aromatically refined and pungent nose of earth

The very rich and generously proportioned middle weight flavors possess plenty of sappy dry extract before terminating in a powerful and borderline tannic bitter lemon-inflected finish

Opens up slowly with air and finishes silky

Remizieres, Crozes-Hermitage Christophe other_regions_italy with smoked meat and aThe 2016 Crozes Hermitage Cuvee Christophe boasts some lovely notes of pepper, violets and black raspberries but also a veneer of cedar and vanilla. It's creamy and lush across the medium to full bodied palate, with the oak playing too prominent a role, and coming across as slightly popcorn like on the long finish.