2021 | Domaine Belle Crozes-Hermitage Cuvée Louis Belle | Rhône Chateau du Tertre with scents of eucalyptus

with scents of eucalyptus

energy and finesse

Bravo to Pierre-Olivier Clouet and his team

wild cherry fruit aromas and flavors with leather and spice

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2021 | Domaine Belle Crozes-Hermitage Cuvée Louis Belle | Rhône Chateau du Tertre with scents of eucalyptusThe wine matures in a mix of new and used oak barrels for 18 months. In the glass, this elegant, old vines Syrah has a glass staining, blue purple color, almost opaque at the center, with flashes of bright violet just at the edge. Aromas of sun warmed black cherries, Santa Rosa plums, crushed violets, and kalamata olives, along with aromatic suggestions of cracked peppercorns, freshly sanded cedar, roasted chestnuts, and smoked charcouterie, all move