Etienne Becheras (Le Prieure d'Arras) Crozes-Hermitage Rouge 2024 NO UPC and it will reward a

and it will reward a decade of patience

more open-knit Chardonnays

planted in 2006 to Dijon 667 and 115 in granodiorite clay loam

Vieilles Vignes is a blend from the domaine's older parcels rooted in the iconic Kimmeridgian limestone

The second fermentation happens in their cellar carved out of chalk right below one of their vineyards in Verzenay

Etienne Becheras (Le Prieure d'Arras) Crozes-Hermitage Rouge 2024 NO UPC and it will reward aOld vine Syrah from the steep hillsides of the Northern Rhone, made by a grower who farms organically across a small 12 hectare polyculture estate near Arras. Etienne Becheras works plots in Arras, Vion, and Mercurol, and this Crozes Hermitage comes off old vines on a steep slope, bottled unfined and unfiltered. It is a serious, honest take on the appellation without the price tag of its famous Hermitage neighbor. The 2024 drinks well young but will