Domaine Combier Crozes-Hermitage 'Cuvee Laurent' Syrah 2022
$59.00
Description
Featured in Decanter Magazine's “Crozes-Hermitage 2022 top value wines”
92 Points, JamesSuckling.com, June 2024 - "A velvety, well-balanced and pure Crozes-Hermitage. It has notes of dark cherries, violets and fresh black pepper. Medium-bodied with fine tannins. It's crunchy, transparent and pulpy. Crushed dark cherry character with a lift of pepper bringing freshness throughout and a refreshing finish. Drink or hold."
“Beautiful now and good value.” - Decanter Magazine, Sep 2023
If you love pure, unadulterated, concentrated Syrah, look no further. The modern winery, built in 1990 is situated on the busy N7 between Tain l'Hermitage and Pont de l'Isère. It is here that Laurent Combier, a very practical, open minded winemaker produces his lush exuberant and rich style of wine. Farmed organically, his 13 hectares of vineyards are situated on the "Les Chassis" plateau.
So far ahead of the organics game was Laurent's father Maurice, he gained the nickname of Maurice le Fou (Crazy Maurice) when he converted the family's mixed fruit farm over 40 years ago. All that hard work has paid off for his son, and current generation winemaker Laurent Combier. After a short hiatus away from the family farm studying oenology and working at some fancy wineries Laurent returned full of knowledge and gusto, and big decisions were made to pull their grapes from the local co-op and focus on Domaine Combier. Since those important years, Domaine Combier has grown quite a following for their organic, and more importantly, well made wines.