Old-vine Syrah from the steep hillsides of the Northern Rhone, made by a grower who farms organically across a small 12-hectare polyculture estate near Arras. Etienne Becheras works plots in Arras, Vion, and Mercurol, and this Crozes-Hermitage comes off old vines on a steep slope, bottled unfined and unfiltered. It is a serious, honest take on the appellation without the price tag of its famous Hermitage neighbor. The 2024 drinks well young but will reward a few years. Decant if you open one soon.