Domaine Melody Étoile Noire Crozes-Hermitage AOC Rouge 2022 Organic
France · Rhône Septentrionale (Northen) · Crozes-Hermitage

Étoile Noire 2022

The black star of Crozes-Hermitage, in magnum.

Open it when…

Long dinner Fire Celebrate

Tastes like

blackberry · violet · wild herbs · black pepper

Feels like

structured, deep, peppery

CHF 84.00
CHF 84.00
CHF 56.00/L
VAT included
Format

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GrapesSyrah
Serve16-18
Decant1h
Drink2026-2034

Emeric's note

A winter dinner for eight

Taste profile

The wine's soundboard.

Tall bars, big wine. Low bars, easy wine.

The story

Behind the bottle

Domaine Melody was founded in 2010 in Mercurol, in the heart of Crozes-Hermitage, and now farms 18 hectares, recently converted to organic.

Étoile Noire is their top Crozes-Hermitage, pure Syrah, here in magnum only.

The black star of the range. Worth waiting a few years for.

— Emeric

Where it comes from

Rhône Septentrionale (Northen) map

The place

Rhône Septentrionale (Northen) · Rhône

A thin, dramatic stretch of the upper valley where Syrah clings to terraced granite slopes too steep for machines. Côte-Rôtie and Hermitage are the legends; Cornas and Saint-Joseph the rising value. The whites — Condrieu's Viognier, Hermitage's Marsanne/Roussanne — are some of France's most distinctive.

Climate
Continental
Altitude
150–350 m
Classification
AOCs
SoilsGraniteSchistMica-schist
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Best season to open it

Autumn Game and roasts.
Winter Lamb by the fire.

SpringSummer

Have it with

Lamb
🍽️ Game
🍽️ Red meat

Press play

Blueslow and slow.
  1. 01 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Red Right Hand— dark
  2. 02 Leonard Cohen – You Want It Darker— deep
  3. 03 Tom Waits – Hold On— warm
Nerd mode 🔬 Soils, grapes, cellar, serving — for the truly curious

…I warned you. 😄

Terroir & craft

◆SoilsGranite, Schist, Mica-schist
◆Altitude150–350 m
◆GrapesSyrah
◆Blend100% Syrah
◆CellarSyrah from Crozes-Hermitage, organic farming
◆CellarHand-picked
🌿CertificationsOrganic

Serving

◆Serve at16-18
◆GlassBordeaux
◆Decant1h
◆Drink2026-2034

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