Laurent Ponsot St Romain Cuvée de la Passiflore 2016 Port "The 2020 Crozes Hermitage Mule

"The 2020 Crozes Hermitage Mule Blanche (Domaine) comes from a parcel planted equally to Marsanne and Roussanne and was aged in a mix of concrete eggs (two-thirds) and oak barrels (one-third)

Lovely now

a subtle and fruit-driven vintage

There is pleasant tang of sour cherry here

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Laurent Ponsot St Romain Cuvée de la Passiflore 2016 Port "The 2020 Crozes Hermitage Mule87 89 points Burghound, Allen Meadows A more restrained nose is cooler still with notes of green apple, citrus zest and a lovely floral hint. There is once again good verve and even better delineation to the lightly mineral inflected lighter weight flavors that terminate in a dry and focused finale that offers acceptable length.