Alain Graillot Crozes-Hermitage Syrah 2017

Eric Grasser

Deep plum and red fruit, sweet baking spices, black olives, grilled meat, herbs crushed rock and chalk. Still high in acid, perhaps a tad too much as it affects the personality.

Sipping Fine Wine

100% Syrah, Medium Ruby with aromas of dark fruits and herb pepper spice. On the palate flavors of blackberry and raspberry with some vegetal spice. Lively acidity with medium tannins, medium+ finish ending with a fruit and mineral character. Drinking well.

Paul Masson

Black fruit, sweet spice, campfire and a touch of Brett. Polished texture with nice tannic tension

John Howard

Harvest production at Hirsch and Cobb Wineries

A bit bretty and good.

Steven Gullo

Plenty of olives and juniper. Medium bodied. Delicious and opens up pretty quickly

Gregory Fulchiero

Tight and closed - will be beautiful with time :)

Jae Cho

I agree with @Jonathan Wall that compared with the ‘16 vintage, this lacks a bit of refinement. It’s still better than the ‘15, and after hours slow ox it opened gorgeously, tannins softened, and had that lead pencil, blue slate thing again.

Jonathan Wall

Graillot is one of my all time favorites. I bought one ‘17 to test and see how much more of the ‘17 I want to buy. And not much. It’s delicious... but the last few years seem to be evolving away from the unique Alain Graillot style I remember from years past. Still can’t get the ‘95 out of my head... it ruined me.

MaJ CappS

Bret again - wth??!!

Matt

Overripe black plum and currant, a sort of bramble bringing the acid along, lavender, ash, hot earth, pepper and spice, animal (brett), and some flecks of iron throughout. Nose and front end of the palate reflect its origin from the Les Chassis plane, vintage coming through too, but it seems just a touch shy from an extraction standpoint, something that is holding it back and cuts the mid-palate impact through the finish short.