Crozes Hermitage 2008, Tain l'Hermitage

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Our Price:  £12.70Earn 12 Loyalty Points Bottle or Case:    Single Bottle:  £12.70  Case of 6:  £76.20  Case of 12:  £152.40 Producer:  Tain Grape Varieties:  100% Syrah Optimum Drinking:  Within 5 years Wine Style:  Easy drinking spicy generous and velvety Alcohol by Volume:  12.5% Country:  France Availability:

Crozes Hermitage 2008, Tain l'Hermitage

Producer Details
At the foot of the famous Hermitage hillside, the Cave de Tain l'Hermitage produces five appellation contrôlée wines, namely Hermitage, Crozes-Hermitage, St-Joseph, Cornas and St-Péray. The Cave de Tain l'Hermitage owns a 21 hectare domaine within the Hermitage appellation and the winemaker, Xavier Frouin supervises each stage of vinification, from grape reception, classified according to quality, right up to bottling.  The objective of the Cave is to provide wine lovers around the world with authentic wines which bear the full character of their individual " terroir ", bringing out the best through careful and non-intrusive vinification methods. Wine making techniques are highly traditional and successive generations have contributed to the growth and development of the winery by producing grapes of a quality they are now known and admired for.

In the Vineyard
Machine harvesting. Careful selection of grapes depending on the origin, maturity, and quality of the grapes.

In the Winery
The grapes are harvested 75% by machine, 25% hand picked from vineyards with granite and fluvio-glacial alluvium soil, which helps to naturally limit yields to 45 hectolitres per hectare maximum. They are then hand selected at the Cave depending on origin, maturity and state of health - the grapes are categorised as either A, B or C, and incentives and assistance are offered to the growers to upgrade quality to A and B (the Noble Rives label always gets A quality grapes). Destemming followed by fermentation in vats for 8 -12 days at controlled temperature with pumping over twice a day to extract measured amount of tannins, colour and fruit. Gentle pressing in pneumatic presses, then 30% of the wine is aged for 6 - 8 months in 400 litre French oak barrels. The wines are fined with egg whites and undergo light membrane filtration before bottling. Winemaker is Jean-Etienne Guibert.

Grapes: 100% Syrah

ABV: 12.5%

Tasting Notes
Approachable, warm, friendly Syrah with typical peppery characteristics. On the palate the 2008 is light, fresh, friendly, warming and well crafted - a well made 2008.

Press Quotes

2008 Vintage: "Guide Hachette 2011"

Awards

2009 Vintage: IWC 2011 - Silver


2009 Vintage: IWSC 2011 - Bronze


2008 Vintage: Coup de Coeur - Le Guide Hachette des Vins 2011


2008 Vintage: IWC 2011 - Bronze


2008 Vintage: IWC 2010 - Silver


2007 Vintage: IWC 2010 - Bronze


2007 Vintage: IWSC 2009 - Bronze


2006 Vintage: IWSC 2009 - Bronze


2006 Vintage: IWC 2009 - Bronze


Food Recommendations
Cave de Tain suggest you drink this with game and smoked dishes such as cured sausage or cheese.