1999 Crozes-Hermitage Cuvée Louis Belle
France
Crozes Hermitage
Northern Rhône
Red
Syrah/Shiraz
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Belle describes his 2000s as vins de plaisir that can be drunk early. He used a severe eclaircissage to keep his yields in Crozes-Hermitage below 40 hectoliters per hectare; sugar levels were quite healthy, and very little chaptalization was necessary. Incidentally, Belle was one of several growers in the Northern Rhone Valley who told me of very high sugar levels in '01, in his case almost as high as in '97. (Robert Kacher Selections, Washington, D.C.)
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Of the vintages of the 1990s, says Philippe Belle, the '95s will require the longest bottle aging, followed by the '98s. Still, Belle adds, the '99s made here are rounder, more complete wines, with more finesse. The vintage brought fruit with higher sugars and higher acids. In comparison, he notes, the '98s are a bit moux even if they have plenty of material and harder tannins. Like so many of his neighbors in the Northern Rhone Valley, Belle had a copious crop load in '99. (Robert Kacher Selections, Washington, D.C)
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