French wine region
How to pronounce Crozes-Hermitage
Crozes-Hermitage is pronounced krohz air-mee-TAHJ, written /kʁoz ɛʁmiˈtaʒ/ in the International Phonetic Alphabet. The main stress falls on TAHJ.
krohz air-mee-TAHJ
IPA /kʁoz ɛʁmiˈtaʒ/
What is Crozes-Hermitage?
An appellation in northern Rhône producing approachable Syrah reds and white blends.
Other accepted pronunciations
These are also correct, and Vinolingo scores them as correct:
- krohz HER-mih-tij — English Hermitage, same decision as Hermitage.
Tips for saying it
Often heard as KROH-zez air-mee-TAHJ.
The -es in Crozes is silent, so it is one syllable ending in a z sound: krohz air-mee-TAHJ.
Often heard as krohz air-mee-TAHSH.
Keep the final ge soft and voiced like the s in 'measure', not a sharp sch: krohz air-mee-TAHJ.
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