In the glass
What it pairs with
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Lamb rack with rosemary jus
The wine's concentration and mineral character are at home with classic French lamb. -
Duck breast with mushroom ragout
Earthy mushrooms and dark fruit combine beautifully with this mineral Crozes. -
Venison chop with juniper sauce
The wine's mineral depth and dark fruit match the juniper-game combination.
History
Les Lises is the name of the domaine and the prestige cuvee, from the oldest and most mineral parcels of the estate in Mercurol. Maxime Graillot's most ambitious expression of Crozes-Hermitage.
- 2012 — Les Lises first produced as the prestige cuvee from the domaine's oldest vine parcels
Facts
- Producer
- Domaine des Lises (Maxime Graillot)
- Grapes
- Syrah (100%)
- Classification
- Crozes-Hermitage AOC
- Oak
- 14 months in used French oak barriques
- ABV
- 13.5%
- Price
- EUR 35-55 at retail
- Drinking window
- 6-15 from vintage
- First vintage
- 2012
- Organic
- ECOCERT