Christelle Betton Crozes Hermitage Rouge Espiegle 2022 web-published Eric Rodez’s Blanc de Blancs

Eric Rodez’s Blanc de Blancs demonstrates the incredible potential of Chardonnay in this terroir

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and his eau de vie is essentially a sustained argument that fruit brandy should taste like fruit

a mountain wine region that most of the world has never considered

A fresh and lively Spanish vermouth made with wormwood

Christelle Betton Crozes Hermitage Rouge Espiegle 2022 web-published Eric Rodez’s Blanc de BlancsEspiegle means mischievous in French, and that's exactly the mood Christelle Betton is going for here. This is Northern Rhone Syrah in a bright, playful register, all juicy energy rather than brooding heft, made to open young and disappear fast. Betton is the third generation of her family working these Crozes Hermitage slopes, and she even holds a tiny sliver of the great Hermitage hill. She farms organically without bothering to chase certification,