The 2022 Crozes-Hermitage Vieilles Vignes is another ripe, opulent release from Tardieu-Laurent that does everything right. Ripe blackberries, strawberries, black pepper, game, and some smoky, meaty notes all emerge on the nose, and this beauty hits the palate with medium to full-bodied richness, a pure, layered mouthfeel, velvety tannins, and no hard edges. It's a gorgeous Northern Rhône Syrah that brings the fruit and texture. It's going to evolve for 10-15 years if well stored.
93 points, Jeb Dunnuck (Oct 2024)
A fresh, snappy style, offering hints of smoked meat and toasted aniseed on the palate, with nice cherry, violet and smoked mesquite perfume. Reveals peppercorn, tobacco and iron shavings toward the racy, slightly lean finish, with succulent acidity. Drink now through 2032. 750 cases made, 75 cases imported.
91 points, Kristen Bieler, Wine Spectator (Dec 2023)
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