2018 Alain Graillot, Hermitage Price_ 71.0 Moët & Chandon’s Imperial Brut

Moët & Chandon’s Imperial Brut is the product of an exhaustive blending program

and violets

The lower vineyards are mainly schist

allowing the grapes to reach perfect ripeness with smooth

2018 Alain Graillot, Hermitage Price_ 71.0 Moët & Chandon’s Imperial BrutAlain Graillots rare Hermitage, sourced from a 0. 1 hectare parcel in the Greffieux lieu dit, represents a technical pivot from the estates signature whole cluster philosophy, opting instead for 100% destemmed fruit and traditional pigeage by foot. Anchored in organic viticulture and low yields, this bottling articulates the broader, clay inflected granite profile of the lower slopes, yielding a Syrah with notable structural breadth and muscularity.