Yves Cuilleron - Crozes-Hermitage Laya 2018

Name: Yves Cuilleron - Crozes-Hermitage Laya 2018
Brand: Yves Cuilleron
Rating: 4 (7 reviews)

Crozes Hermitage|Red wine

Rhône

Red

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Drink or Keep

4/5 (7 customers)

92/100

Vinous

syrah

crunchy

capon

From plots on sandy-loam pebble soils in the Mercurol and Beaumont-Monteux areas, Laya is a terroir cuvée with supple, fruity juice. Supple, well-balanced and crisp on the palate, with a lovely freshness highlighting fine tannins.

Features

Estate

Yves Cuilleron

Cuvée

Laya

Vintage

2018

Designation

Crozes Hermitage

Region

Rhône

Grape varieties

100% Syrah

Terroirs

Deep, very stony soil, sandy-silty on the surface, a combination of plots on sandy-silty pebble soils in the communes of Mercurol and Beaumont-Monteux.

Viticulture

Reasoned, treatments limited to the maximum depending on the weather, no insecticides to preserve biodiversity, little fertilizer and only organic.

Harvest

Manual

Winemaking

Plot-based and traditional, with minimal use of oenological products (indigenous yeasts). In the cellar, sorting, crushing and partial destemming. Maceration for 3 weeks in open vats.

Breeding

16 months in barrels

Alcohol content

13%

Tasting & pairing

Eye

Intense

Nose

Expressive and juicy with notes of ripe red fruit and delicate floral notes

Mouth

Supple, balanced and crisp. Lovely freshness, highlighting fine tannins.

Open

Aerate in advance for recent vintages

Drink before

To be enjoyed young for its fruity aromas (3 to 4 years) or for its evolving aromas (7 to 8 years).

Guard

3 to 8 years

Food and wine pairing

Enjoy with red meats, tuna steak and ratatouille with Niçoise olives.

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Expert opinion

Bettane & Desseauve

3*Star rating (High-quality production, a benchmark in its sector)

About the domain :

Yves Cuilleron is the largest winegrower-producer in the Northern Rhône region, with 65 hectares in operation and around 20 different wines, mainly from Saint-Joseph, Condrieu and Côte Rôtie. Indigenous yeasts and ageing in wood (9 months for the whites, 18 months for the reds) define a style that is certainly woody, but where each terroir ultimately expresses itself. Starting with the 2015 vintage, each appellation offers a cuvée with a lieu-dit name. One of the benchmark addresses in the Rhône Valley.

Guide Hachette des vins

Domaine noté (guide 2024) Award-winning wines (The wines of this producer are regularly awarded by the guide)

About the domain :

A benchmark in the northern valley, particularly for its Condrieu wines. Based in Chavanay, Yves Cuilleron took over in 1987 the estate created in 1920 by his paternal grandfather, then managed by his uncle Antoine. He gradually expanded the estate (70 ha today), planted at high density and run in a highly reasoned manner on the right bank of the Rhône (condrieu, côte-rôtie, saint-joseph, saint-péray and cornas) and, since 2012, on the left bank (crozes-hermitage).

RVF - La Revue du Vin de France / Guide des Meilleurs Vins de France

Domaine rated (guide 2024) 1*Star (Stars in the making or quality winegrowers with a good level of production, you won't be disappointed when you taste the wines from these estates)

About the domain :

In 1987, Yves Cuilleron took over the family estate created by his grandfather in 1920. Dynamic and enterprising, Yves has continued to develop the estate, which today covers 90 hectares in the main appellations of the northern Rhône valley, complemented by a trading activity. The style of the wines has become more refined in recent years, and the emphasis on terroir has progressed thanks to a range of very interesting parcel-based cuvées. This is a house you can trust.

Vinous A. Galloni

Rated 92/100

Customer reviews

Customer rating

4/5

out of 7 reviews

Note and review by M. GILLES D. Published on 19/01/2022

Favorite for this cuvée, which could be defined as: fruit and more fruit! Excellent balance between crisp freshness and restrained power, with a supple structure and elegant tannins that coat the palate with ripe black fruits and spices. Tender, finely peppery aftertaste enhanced by flavors of jammy cherries. Score of 4.2 for this warm, easy-drinking Crozes. After 1 h of aeration, it was able to enhance at 15° a roasted filet mignon with a lightly spiced pepper/black olive sauce and fusilli.