Domaine de l'Idylle Vin de Savoie Cruet 2024 bdx using the meaty syrah grape

using the meaty syrah grape to make a wine that smells primarily of pot roast

Flavors of apple and lemon and lime lead to a finish of lemongrass

in the villages near the Rhone river

Sisters Anne and Emanuelle Burc have taken over winemaking and operation of the winery from their father Jean-Luc

Substantial and smooth tannins offer plenty of direction for all this flavor before a finishing kick of acidity

Domaine de l'Idylle Vin de Savoie Cruet 2024 bdx using the meaty syrah grapeCruet is one of Savoies several workaday winemaking villages, and home to the Domaine de lIdylle, one of L&Es favorite sources of crisp, satisfying wines from indigenous Savoie varieties, most prominent among them the breezy Jacquerre grape. The Tiollier family has made these wines for six generations, in vineyards looking up at snow capped alps and bright blue skies. Since 2020 theyve done their work organically, but the character of the Cruet