• 93 Points
    Editors’ Choice
    Emmanuel Darnaud 2018 Les Troix Chênes (Crozes-Hermitage)

    Voluminous yet fresh, this full-bodied Syrah highlights ripe, perfumed plum and blackberry flavors shaded by graphite, cedar and crushed peppercorns. Matured in a mix of concrete and large-format oak barrels, it's a supple, pure-fruited red edged by fine, silky tannins and a spicy licorice finish. It drinks beautifully in youth but should hold through 2028.

    — A.I. Published 7/1/2021
  • 93 Points
    Editors’ Choice
    Emmanuel Darnaud 2018 Les Troix Chênes (Crozes-Hermitage)

    Voluminous yet fresh, this full-bodied Syrah highlights ripe, perfumed plum and blackberry flavors shaded by graphite, cedar and crushed peppercorns. Matured in a mix of concrete and large-format oak barrels, it's a supple, pure-fruited red edged by fine, silky tannins and a spicy licorice finish. It drinks beautifully in youth but should hold through 2028.

    — A.I. Published 7/1/2021
  • 93 Points
    Editors’ Choice
    Emmanuel Darnaud 2018 Les Troix Chênes (Crozes-Hermitage)

    Voluminous yet fresh, this full-bodied Syrah highlights ripe, perfumed plum and blackberry flavors shaded by graphite, cedar and crushed peppercorns. Matured in a mix of concrete and large-format oak barrels, it's a supple, pure-fruited red edged by fine, silky tannins and a spicy licorice finish. It drinks beautifully in youth but should hold through 2028.

    — A.I. Published 7/1/2021
  • 93 Points
    Editors’ Choice
    Emmanuel Darnaud 2018 Les Troix Chênes (Crozes-Hermitage)

    Voluminous yet fresh, this full-bodied Syrah highlights ripe, perfumed plum and blackberry flavors shaded by graphite, cedar and crushed peppercorns. Matured in a mix of concrete and large-format oak barrels, it's a supple, pure-fruited red edged by fine, silky tannins and a spicy licorice finish. It drinks beautifully in youth but should hold through 2028.

    — A.I. Published 7/1/2021