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E. Guigal - Crozes-Hermitage - Red 2013
- Producer E. Guigal
- Blend 100% Syrah
- Country France
- Region Rhone Valley
- Appellation Crozes-Hermitage
- UPC 3 53665 080200 0
Vineyard
Guigal produced a red Crozes-Hermitage for the first time in the 1999 vintage, supplementing wines made from his own vineyards by supplementing their holdings with fruit grown exclusively on low-yielding hillside vineyards. The soil is limestone, clay silt, and sandy gravel, and the average age of the vines are 35 years old. The vines are mainly on steep slopes from the villages of Gervans, Mercurol, Larnage et CrozesHermitage.
Estate
The firm of E. Guigal, located in Ampuis, was founded in 1946 by Etienne Guigal. Since 1961 his son Marcel has led the estate, and his unparalleled work ethic and dedication to quality have brought attention to Cote-Rotie and other appellations throughout the Rhone that were in danger of being lost, and lifted the Guigal wines to the pinnacle of the wine world. Today, Marcel's son Philippe serves as Director and Oenologist, continuing the tradition of leadership in the Rhone Valley and uncompromising excellence.
Vinification
After alcoholic fermentation and 3 weeks of maceration, the wine was aged in barrel for 18 months.
Wine
Crozes-Hermitage is the largest of the appellations of the Northern Rhône, comprising just over 2,500 acres planted to Syrah for red wine and Marsanne and Roussanne for white. The vineyards are largely on the plain, producing reasonably priced and straightforward wines, but there are also some superb hillside vineyards which provide concentrated, long-lived wines. In general, the red wines have prototypical Syrah flavors, spicy and persistent, with vigor and intensity of flavor in an appealingly rustic style.
