L'Hermitage Syrah

gorgeous fresh fruit. Bright and tangy. Amazing stuff

Pure and intense. Dark plummy fruit with a bit of bloodiness and black pepper. Gorgeous and deep. Still young

Dark and pure. Gnarly fruit with great intensity. Savory and slightly wild but very sophisticated. Intense, with a long life ahead.

Still drinking well- I think this has hit its plateau; deep dark color with wonderful notes of Olive tapenade, blackberry and great acidity on the finish.

Easily the classiest of the three late-90’s Hermitage selections in this flight and there really isn’t much more to say. The Chave just hits different. Plenty of life and enjoyment left in these.

A producer that doesn’t have “bad” vintages. In magnum 🔥

Tiiiiiightly wound - revisit in a few years. Inky dark purple, winged wood, olive, spice. A baby.

This. Is. Perfect.

I found this very interesting, quite feminine in nature. It’s elegant, floral, more lifted and spiced. This had the most beautiful brett character too, so alluring. There’s a softness to it on the palate and its quite open knit. The muscular and glycerol richness is more subtle here.

Beautiful, this wine is in perfect balance, meaty yet delicate, very fine tannins, red fruits, garigue, will age beautifully, forget for 10 years but so good now.