The 2010 M. Chapoutier Crozes-Hermitage Blanc Petite Ruche has a pretty nose of honeysuckle, pear, spice, burnt earth, minerals, and freshly cut cucumber. Clean with fresh racy acidity and a long finish. Drinking well now but could use some bottle age. 100% Marsanne from soil and subsoil composed of old alluvial deposits with numerous gravels and shingles. (Best 2012-2020) - November, 2012 (MD)