2021 | Domaine Belle Crozes-Hermitage Cuvée Louis Belle | Rhône Chateau du Tertre This sweeps across the palate

This sweeps across the palate with finesse

The palate is wall-balanced between tannins and the fruit expression

with medium tannins

energy and finesse

licorice and a dollop of vanilla supported by taut

2021 | Domaine Belle Crozes-Hermitage Cuvée Louis Belle | Rhône Chateau du Tertre This sweeps across the palateThe wine matures in a mix of new and used oak barrels for 18 months. In the glass, this elegant, old vines Syrah has a glass staining, blue purple color, almost opaque at the center, with flashes of bright violet just at the edge. Aromas of sun warmed black cherries, Santa Rosa plums, crushed violets, and kalamata olives, along with aromatic suggestions of cracked peppercorns, freshly sanded cedar, roasted chestnuts, and smoked charcouterie, all move