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Fayolle Fils & Fille

Laurent Fayolle represents the sixth generation of his family in Gervans. His seven-hectare domaine has been quickly rising to the upper tier of northern Rhône producers over the last few vintages, and this new set of releases are their best wines yet. His tiny, 0.3-hectare holding in the southern reaches of Hermitage (which also makes a white wine) produces, unsurprisingly, the top bottling here, but the smart money is on the Crozes-Hermitage Clos Les Corinets, which is sourced from a 0.83-hectare parcel of 70-plus-year-old vines in the commune of Crozes-Hermitage, on granite soil. This is consistently a wine of noteworthy depth, complexity and structure that can rival many a Hermitage and, in my opinion, in most vintages it's now one of the very best renditions of the appellation, if not the very best. The Crozes-Hermitage Hauterives is fermented and raised in concrete tanks and the others are fermented and aged in oak casks of varying size, not much of it new. The wines all have a fair amount of whole cluster. It's great news that these superb wines are finally really available in the US, but, as might be expected, they are not going to be easy to find.

From Power and Energy: The 2018 and 2017 Northern Rhônes (Apr 2020) by Josh Raynolds

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2017 Crozes-Hermitage Clos Les Cornirets

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2017 Crozes-Hermitage Les Pontaix

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2018 Crozes-Hermitage Hauterives

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2017 Hermitage Les Diognières

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