Remizieres is one of those domains that has crept up on the market over the last few years. For a long time it produced understated wines, which were very dry and restrained, but under Philippe Desmeure and the eponymous Emilie of the prestige cuvee, the house style has changed. Still fruit-oriented, and still managed to produce ripe fruit but not raisins, the increased use of new oak over the last ten years or so has been a positive; a proliferation of one-off cuvees in peculiar years less so. Overall the increased attention in the market has led to more investment in the vineyards and wines and quality continues to ratchet upwards. Wines here age well too. Opened a 2001 Crozes Particuliere very recently and though still youthful, it had developed some excellent secondary aromas and silky tannins. (CW 20/03/2008)