Gilles Robin Crozes-Hermitage Cuvee Papillon 2023 Esthers This is what Grüner tastes

This is what Grüner tastes like when nobody is checking a rulebook

Feminello and Castagrano

the palate is delicately bitter with soft spices and black pepper

and sandalwood layering beneath the fruit

From the Importer: Grown on 5 hectares around the town of Béthon

Gilles Robin Crozes-Hermitage Cuvee Papillon 2023 Esthers This is what Grüner tastesGilles Robin started his domaine in 1996 by planting Syrah on Les Chassis, the stony, sun warmed river terrace that is the best land on the southern side of Crozes Hermitage. Papillon comes from those vines, and it sees no oak at all aged entirely in tank, which is the entire point. Nothing is allowed to stand between you and the fruit, so this is Northern Rhone Syrah in its most direct form: violets, plum and cracked black pepper with a savory, olive