Screwcap. Alain Graillot's 2018 white Crozes-Hermitage is a deliciously pulpy and layered white Rhone that we’re more than glad to be able to offer once again. The wine is made from a blend of 80% Marsanne and 20% Roussanne, whole-bunch pressed and naturally fermented in 600-litre demi-muid. The fruit comes from a small 2.7-hectare plot on the deep alluvial soils of Pont-de-l'Isère. Maxime compensates the richness of fruit, in particular from the Marsanne, by arresting the malo where possible, and some casks went through naturally in 2018 to maintain cut (“I don't have any Chenin!” Maxime jokes). Also, he now bottles under screwcap. The 2018 is a particularly fleshy example of this wine, with good depth of juicy pear and yellow plum fruit offset by a vibrant, sappy character and the gentle warmth of ripe Marsanne. Extremely young, it will develop more delicious, honey-like complexity with some time in bottle.