Crozes Hermitage Archives

Bilancia Hawke’s Bay Syrah 2020 Review

By Sean Mitchell / April 6, 2026

Hawke’s Bay syrah in New Zealand provides a good value alternative to the peppery syrahs of Saint Joseph and Crozes

By Sean Mitchell / June 18, 2025

Guigal’s wines are almost always a sound choice. The 2020 vintage of their Crozes-Hermitage syrah from the Rhône Valley has

By Sean Mitchell / January 14, 2025

This wine is produced by Cave de Tain and labelled as “Les 3 Lys”. It’s a Crozes-Hermitage blanc, which means

This is a very enjoyable Crozes-Hermitage from negociant Delas in the Rhône Valley. It has aromas of savoury roast meats

By Sean Mitchell / June 20, 2020

This is an excellent expression of Crozes-Hermitage from Jann Chave in the northern Rhône Valley, one of the region’s stronger

By Sean Mitchell / October 18, 2018

Here are two sound releases from M. Chapoutier, both from the 2016 vintage. Luberon sits between the southern Rhône valley

By Sean Mitchell / March 2, 2018

This is a pretty basic Crozes-Hermitage from Chapoutier. The 2014 vintage has aromatics of syrah spices and earth. The palate

By Sean Mitchell / February 9, 2013

The name Chave on a bottle from the northern Rhône is usually a better than ordinary set of odds. This