2009 Dard & Ribo C'est le Printemps Crozes-Hermitage

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Dave Brookes

Dave Brookes
For us folks in the antipodes, the first day of Spring (well in the Barossa anyway), was welcomed in with a sweltering 12 degrees C and showers....regardless I decided to crack one of these to celebrate with some friends over dinner.

Saturated plummy colour....vivid and vibrant plum and cherry fruit on the nose with some lovely raspberry top-notes and hints of violets, herbs and spice.

An appealing weight in the mouth with a sprightly gait and a vibrant, juicy sense of freshness....some expected CO2...not exactly a wine to contemplate but certainly just the ticket for sloshing down with good food & company.
 
I drank one of these at Terroir earlier this year and it turned out to be the perfect wine for serious beer geeks. Once I compared it to De Ranke they were excited and the wine definitely delivered. Maybe the CO2 helped?
 
Who's bringing this into Oz? Guardy? Andrew's got the palate of a Disorderist.

-Eden (not anywhere near the valley right now, unless it's the one Jacqueline Suzanne wrote about)
 
originally posted by Eden Mylunsch:
Who's bringing this into Oz? Guardy? Andrew's got the palate of a Disorderist.

-Eden (not anywhere near the valley right now, unless it's the one Jacqueline Suzanne wrote about)
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No it's not Guardy Eden...Echelon is the name of the company. They imported bugger all...I think Nick at Bentley Bar has a few of the wines on the list now.

Only a couple of cases of the Crozes & Saint Jo Blanc came in, around 5 cases of the rouges and 25 cases of the Printemps.
 
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