Laurus
Crozes-Hermitage 2023
AOP Crozes-Hermitage Red
Awards
- 90 pts Jeb Dunnuck 05/2025
- 89-91 pts Vinous 11/2024
TastingThe colour is a brilliant ruby red. The nose is elegant and seductive with aromas of morello cherry and redcurrant. On the palate, our Crozes-Hermitage seduces with its finesse and balance. Delicate vanilla notes and subtle oak underscore a silky texture, with a fresh and elegant finish. (Tasting 03/10/2025).
The colour is a brilliant ruby red. The nose is elegant and seductive with aromas of morello cherry and redcurrant. On the palate, our Crozes-Hermitage seduces with its finesse and balance. Delicate vanilla notes and subtle oak underscore a silky texture, with a fresh and elegant finish. (Tasting 03/10/2025).
Food & wine pairingsDuck breast served with a cherry reduction, roast veal with chanterelle mushrooms, or a roast seitan steak with cherry reduction and parsnip purée.
Duck breast served with a cherry reduction, roast veal with chanterelle mushrooms, or a roast seitan steak with cherry reduction and parsnip purée.
Detailed information
Vintage
In the Northern Rhône Valley, this 2023 vintage stands out for its remarkable balance, natural freshness and fine expression of terroirs. After a wet spring favourable to the vines, the summer was warm but not excessively so, with cool nights at the end of the season, ideal for preserving acidity and refining ripeness. As a result, the reds are showing great aromatic finesse, while the whites are revealing freshness combined with an elegant mineral structure. All in all, the 2023 vintage is proving to be a highquality, charming vintage in the northern Rhône Valley.
Grape varieties
Syrah
Terroir
Plots were selected on the two main terroirs of the Crozes Hermitage AOP:
– Mercurol in the south, with its ancient alluvial terraces of the Rhône River providing structure and fruit (100m of altitude – South/Southwest exposure)
– “Les Baties” vineyard, at 200m in alt, farther North. Here the soils are granite based with sand mixed with kaolin, contributing freshness and minerality.
Winemaking
Harvest started on September 1st 2023. Each parcel was vinified separately. Malolactic fermentation and maturation on lees in new 275-liter Laurus French oak barrels during 20 months.
Bottled on May 26th 2025.
3,000 bottles produced.
Service
Best served at 14-16°C – Optimum maturity: 2025 – 2030
Degree of alcohol
13,5% vol.
Laurus
Laurus means ‘Laurel’ in Latin, a Roman symbol of excellence. Here excellence is all about “terroir”: the grapes are grown on parcels selected for their ability to express the very best of each Appellation.
The term “terroir” encompasses a soil, a climate and people. Here it is expressed through sustainable partnerships with wine-growers who share our vision. The perfect combination of grape variey & soil, the precise maturing process in unique 275l. French oak "Laurus" barrels refines the structure, producing complex wines, with plenty of character, beautiful elegance and a long ageing potential.
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