Hermitage, Blanc, Les Rocoules, 2009

A blend of 90% Marsanne and 10% Roussanne from 50-year-old vines planted on limestone soils. An incredible effort, this is close to 15% alcohol but can not be tasted, absolutely smothered with fruit and terroir. In fact despite the full, fleshy and absolutely delicious fruit characteristics of nectarine, orange blossom and greengage the limestone savoury/mineral quality comes through strongly. Super-intense, sophisticated and enormously persistent.