Winery Gaylord Machon - Lhony Crozes-Hermitage

Winery Gaylord MachonLhony Crozes-Hermitage

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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters consider this wine to be one of the best in the region.
The Lhony Crozes-Hermitage of Winery Gaylord Machon is a red wine from the region of Crozes-Hermitage of Rhone Valley.
In the mouth this red wine is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
This wine generally goes well with poultry, beef or game (deer, venison).
The Lhony Crozes-Hermitage of the Winery Gaylord Machon is in the top 70 of wines of Crozes-Hermitage.

Taste structure of the Lhony Crozes-Hermitage from the Winery Gaylord Machon

Light
Bold
Smooth
Tannic
Dry
Sweet
Soft
Acidic

In the mouth the Lhony Crozes-Hermitage of Winery Gaylord Machon in the region of Rhone Valley is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

Details and technical informations about Winery Gaylord Machon's Lhony Crozes-Hermitage.

Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Country
Style of wine
Allergens
Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: Chenin

Chenin, also known as pinot de la Loire Valley (pineau), is the flagship grape variety of the Loire Valley. It would have found its first origins in Anjou where it would have been cultivated by the monks of the Abbey of Saint-Maur located between Angers and Saumur since the 6th century. chenin is a great white grape variety which likes particularly the chalky soils called here stones of tufa which were used for the construction of the castles of the Loire Valley. Its bunches are medium-sized, fairly compact and its berries are more or less small. It is an early variety, which resists well to diseases. Chenin has the particularity of being able to participate as well in the elaboration of dry white wines as of sweet white wines or sparkling wines. Perfectly structured by the acidity, elegant, with a complex nose and aromas of yellow fruits, dry fruits, citrus fruits, white flowers, honey... the wine resulting from the chenin is rather lively and nervous, which allows him a good potential of guard. Chenin covers about 10,000 hectares in France, and is very productive in South Africa where it covers more than 26,000 hectares.

Last vintages of this wine

Lhony Crozes-Hermitage - 2015
In the top 70 of of Crozes-Hermitage wines
Average rating: 4.111110
Lhony Crozes-Hermitage - 2014
In the top 70 of of Crozes-Hermitage wines
Average rating: 4.211110

The best vintages of Lhony Crozes-Hermitage from Winery Gaylord Machon are 2014, 2015

Informations about the Winery Gaylord Machon

The winery offers 3 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
It is in the top 3 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Crozes-Hermitage in the region of Rhone Valley

The Winery Gaylord Machon is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 4 wines for sale in the of Crozes-Hermitage to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Rhone Valley
In the top 55000 of of France wines
In the top 80 of of Crozes-Hermitage wines
In the top 150000 of red wines
In the top 250000 wines of the world

The wine region of Crozes-Hermitage

The wine region of Crozes-Hermitage is located in the region of Rhône septentrional of Rhone Valley of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Combier or the Domaine M. Chapoutier produce mainly wines red and white. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Crozes-Hermitage are Marsanne, Roussanne and Mourvèdre, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety.


The wine region of Rhone Valley

The Rhone Valley is a key wine-producing region in Southeastern France. It follows the North-south course of the Rhône for nearly 240 km, from Lyon to the Rhône delta (Bouches-du-Rhône), near the Mediterranean coast. The Length of the valley means that Rhône wines are the product of a wide variety of soil types and mesoclimates. The viticultural areas of the region cover such a distance that there is a widely accepted division between its northern and southern parts.

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The word of the wine: Licking

Operation consisting in sanitizing a barrel by introducing a wick of ignited sulphur which produces a release of sulphurous gas.

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