The 1995 Crozes-Hermitage blanc is a more elegant, lighter-styled wine than the 1996, with less alcohol, acidity, and extract. It is a pleasant, straightforward Crozes to drink over the next several years. In 1996, Sorrel was amazed by the high levels of acidity in his wines. Marc Sorrel produces three cuvees of white wine, a Crozes-Hermitage and two offerings of Hermitage, the cuvee classique, and his famed single vineyard Les Rocoules. These wines are all put through malolactic fermentation, and aged 12 or more months in used oak barrels (Sorrel buys most of his casks from Marcel Guigal). Importers: World Shippers and Importers, Philadelphia, PA; tel. (215) 732-2018, a Christopher Cannan Selection, Europvin USA, Watertown, MA; tel. (617) 924-7620 and New Castle Imports, Myrtle Beach, SC; tel. (803) 497-8625