Winery Olivier & Lafont - Crozes-Hermitage

Winery Olivier & LafontCrozes-Hermitage

3.6
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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters generally liked this wine.
The Crozes-Hermitage of Winery Olivier & Lafont 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).

Taste structure of the Crozes-Hermitage from the Winery Olivier & Lafont

Light
Bold
Smooth
Tannic
Dry
Sweet
Soft
Acidic

In the mouth the Crozes-Hermitage of Winery Olivier & Lafont in the region of Rhone Valley is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

Wine with earth taste

smoke, mushroom

Wine with spices taste

savory, pepper

Wine with oak taste

tobacco, oak

On the nose the Crozes-Hermitage of Winery Olivier & Lafont in the region of Rhone Valley often reveals types of flavors of smoke, tobacco or pepper and sometimes also flavors of dark fruit, savory or non oak.

Details and technical informations about Winery Olivier & Lafont's Crozes-Hermitage.

Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Country
Style of wine
Alcohol
12.5°
Allergens
Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: Baroque

From a morphological point of view, Baroque seems to have common origins with Tannat. Still called Blanc Bordelais, this white grape variety is distinguished essentially by the characteristics of its leaves. Those that are still young are both yellowish and downy. Their bumps have a somewhat bronzed appearance. The adult leaves have angular teeth. The leaves are not very three-lobed and have a pubescent, downy blade. The Baroque is grown in the Adour basin, mainly in Tursan and in certain vineyards in the Gers. Its production area is therefore not very large. This grape variety manages to resist oidium, unlike other varieties, and its harvest must be well done and free of rot. The harvest must be well done and free of rot, which leads to a better result and a more successful wine production. Moreover, the development of Baroque must be slowed down in time, bearing in mind that this type of grape variety only matures about twenty days after Chasselas.

Last vintages of this wine

Crozes-Hermitage - 2017
In the top 100 of of Crozes-Hermitage wines
Average rating: 3.311100
Crozes-Hermitage - 2016
In the top 100 of of Crozes-Hermitage wines
Average rating: 3.911110
Crozes-Hermitage - 2015
In the top 100 of of Crozes-Hermitage wines
Average rating: 3.81110.50
Crozes-Hermitage - 2014
In the top 100 of of Crozes-Hermitage wines
Average rating: 3.51110.50

The best vintages of Crozes-Hermitage from Winery Olivier & Lafont are 2016, 2015, 2014, 2017

Informations about the Winery Olivier & Lafont

The winery offers 18 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
It is in the top 10 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Crozes-Hermitage in the region of Rhone Valley

The Winery Olivier & Lafont is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 20 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 70000 of of France wines
In the top 800 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: Runoff

Failure of the vine flower to fertilize at the time of flowering, when the weather is too cold or rainy. Under these conditions, the vine will have few or no clusters.

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