Hermitage, 2015

Beautifully complete, seamless and soulful. There is an extra life and finesse to the blend than the sum of its parts show individually. Floral bramble and ripe forest berry flavours, touches of griotte and forest floor. Tight knit and with sufficient backbone to support the pure, vital violet-scented fruit. Distinguished and refined Hermitage. Every year we taste a few of Bernard's blends including his two best vineyards, on paper at least, the Meal and Bessard. But it is this one, Meal Bessard and Greffieux that consistently comes out on top and the one which we always end up shipping. Made the traditional way, whole bunch fermentation, gentle extraction and aged in used demi muid casks.