Dard et Ribo, Crozes-Hermitage Rouge, 2024

This is the serious everyday Crozes from one of the Northern Rhone's most beloved natural growers. Where their spring-release Printemps is all about immediacy, this standard Crozes Rouge is more complete: 100% Syrah from red clay and alluvial gravel around Larnage, farmed organically and made with the domaine's hands-off, low-to-no-sulfur approach. The result is cool-climate Syrah with elegance and lift rather than weight, savory and peppery without heaviness. It's approachable young but has the frame to develop over several years. Decant if you're opening it soon.