LIRAC ‘SISYPHE’ DOMAINE CROZE GRANIER RED – 2014 Dark color. The nose has clear red fruit, followed by spicy notes of licorice. Silky, lengthy tannins on the palate. Will age 5-7 years. APPELLATION Lirac AOC VARIETALS 100% Syrah SOIL TYPE Sand-limestone VINE AGE 25 years VINEYARD AREA 1 acre PRODUCTION 2,700 btls - 225 cases/year FOOD PAIRING Grilled lamb, oven-roasted chicken. VINIFICATION Harvested, sorted by hand. Fermentation at 82°F, fiber-glass tanks.
DOMAINE CROZE-GRANIER COUNTRY France Since 1895, five generations of Domaine Croze-Granier’s family have produced wines from some of the most renowned vineyards REGION Southern Rhône Valley in France, those surrounding the village of Châteauneuf-du-Pape. APPELLATIONS Lirac AOC Croze-Granier’s vineyards are mostly composed of old vines whose Côtes-du-Rhône AOC wide variety of grapes — from Grenache and Syrah to Roussanne Châteauneuf-du-Pape AOC and Viognier — are vinified traditionally to become a range of structured and aromatic red, white and rosé wines. FOUNDED 1895 The domaine’s winemaker, Laurent Cortinas, converted to organic FARMING Organic winemaking in 2012 and has since guaranteed lively, all natural WEBSITE www.domainegranier.fr/en wines, innovatively reflecting 2,000+ years of winemaking tradition.
A MARCUS BROTHERS IMPORTS SELECTION PROSPECT, KY ∙ PARIS, FRANCE LIRAC ‘SISYPHE’ DOMAINE CROZE GRANIER RED – 2015 Bright, intense fruit. Less production in 2016 due to hotter and drier summer results in a more concentrated vintage. APPELLATION Lirac AOC VARIETALS 100% Syrah SOIL TYPE Sand-limestone VINE AGE 25 years VINEYARD AREA 1 acre PRODUCTION 2,000 btls - 166 cases/year FOOD PAIRING Grilled lamb, oven-roasted chicken. VINIFICATION Harvested, sorted by hand. Fermentation at 82°F, fiber-glass tanks.
DOMAINE CROZE-GRANIER COUNTRY France Since 1895, five generations of Domaine Croze-Granier’s family have produced wines from some of the most renowned vineyards REGION Southern Rhône Valley in France, those surrounding the village of Châteauneuf-du-Pape. APPELLATIONS Lirac AOC Croze-Granier’s vineyards are mostly composed of old vines whose Côtes-du-Rhône AOC wide variety of grapes — from Grenache and Syrah to Roussanne Châteauneuf-du-Pape AOC and Viognier — are vinified traditionally to become a range of structured and aromatic red, white and rosé wines. FOUNDED 1895 The domaine’s winemaker, Laurent Cortinas, converted to organic FARMING Organic winemaking in 2012 and has since guaranteed lively, all natural WEBSITE www.domainegranier.fr/en wines, innovatively reflecting 2,000+ years of winemaking tradition.
A MARCUS BROTHERS IMPORTS SELECTION PROSPECT, KY ∙ PARIS, FRANCE