Sourced mainly from the area around Gervans, Barruol's 2020 Crozes Hermitage features peppery, slightly ash-like scents, plus notes of black olives and blackberries. Medium to full-bodied, it's silky and fine, with a touch of licorice creeping in on the finish.

Blueberries, black cherries and black olives all mingle easily on the nose of Saint Cosme's 2019 Crozes Hermitage. It's a big, fruit-driven offering, medium to full-bodied, but it also shows excellent depth as it supports the fruit with ripe, supple tannins and a long, velvety finish. Drink it over the next few years for its sheer exuberance.

The weakest link of Saint Cosme's 2017 négociant bottlings from the Northern Rh?ne, the 2017 Crozes Hermitage offers concentrated cassis fruit. This medium to full-bodied wine is tight and one-dimensional at the moment, but it shows decent concentration and ripeness. I'm sure it will show better next year.