In the glass
What it pairs with
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Grilled salmon with herbs
The wine's mineral freshness and silky tannins pair surprisingly well with grilled salmon. -
Roast duck with cherry
Blue and dark fruit in the wine mirrors cherry preparations with duck. -
Lentil and vegetable soup with smoked paprika
The wine's mineral quality and herbs elevate a rustic vegetable-based dish.
History
Maxime Graillot founded his own Domaine des Lises in Mercurol in 2012, separate from his family's historic Alain Graillot domaine. Equinoxe is his flagship Crozes, vinified with precision and minimal intervention.
- 2012 — Maxime Graillot establishes Domaine des Lises in Mercurol; first vintage of Equinoxe
Facts
- Producer
- Domaine des Lises (Maxime Graillot)
- Grapes
- Syrah (100%)
- Classification
- Crozes-Hermitage AOC
- Oak
- 12 months in old French oak barriques, no new oak
- ABV
- 13.0%
- Price
- EUR 25-40 at retail
- Drinking window
- 4-12 from vintage
- First vintage
- 2012
- Organic
- ECOCERT