Niepoort & Alain Graillot Nat Cool Clos Somi Tinto

Description

Alain Graillot left a career in agro‑chemicals in 1985 to pursue a dream on a rented plot of vines, on the site of an old pig farm on the Chassis plateau between Tain l’Hermitage and Pont l’Isère in the Crozes‑Hermitage appellation in the north of the Rhône. Today he is one of the most respected vintners in the Rhône Valley, whose wines appear on the menus of France’s finest restaurants and who counts many celebrated viticulturists among his friends. Graillot’s philosophy is simple yet successful: produce attractive wines at sensible prices that people will want to drink. His vineyard now covers 17.3 ha of Syrah and 2.6 ha of Marsanne and Roussanne (planted in an 80 % / 20 % Marsanne / Roussanne ratio) that surround his cellars at Les Chênes Verts. This is a major source of light but characterful Crozes‑Hermitage reds and whites, with a pronounced fruit‑forward palate. (illustrative image)

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Niepoort Vinhos

São João da Pesqueira Douro Wine Shop