Winemaker Notes. The wine shows aromas and flavors of red berries, herbs, and purple flowers. The palate is rich with ripe fruit and medium weight with bright acidity and fine tannins. Aging in…

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"Very good red-ruby color. Knockout nose of black raspberry, coffee, minerals and exotic spices. Silky, sweet and thoroughly ripe, though still a bit closed in the mouth. But this has a generosity of…

Generally 100% destemmed, as the Hermitage is meant to be about the expression of the individual vineyards and soils and Jean-Louis believes that stems have a tendency to level out the differences.…

"a tasting of the constituent lieux-dits before blending shows a white Hermitage that is about tension, freshness and minerality. It's zesty and crisp, with good acidity and will drink well from the…

This generous expression offers ample signature flint and stone aromas that encapsulates ripe citrus, apricot, acacia honey and almonds. There's a fine vein of vanilla that harmoniously weaves these…

98-100 Tasted out of tank, the 2020 Hermitage ranks with the legendary wines from this address. Reminding me of a slightly more elegant version of the 2010, it's a deep, inky hued effort revealing…

98 JS. Beautiful violet and black-cherry nose. A gentle giant that has a radical mineral and tannin structure, but also wonderful elegance, the finishing washing over you in waves that echo down the…