France

Hermitage

Full

Cork

There's some five-spice oak that is the first thing you encounter, then crunchy, fresh berry fruits underneath. A mouth-filling, full-bodied example this year, with perfect ripeness, generosity of fruit, ripe tannin and alcohol to see it age for some time. The alcohol is a little on the high side in fact, but this is very hard not to like, it's so sunny and easy-going and the oak is well-integrated on the palate; this is a stylish wine. From a 0.28ha plot of 60-year-old vines in lieu-dit Les Dionnières at the foot of the hill. All destemmed the vinified in open demi-muids, with manual punching down two or three times a day, followed by malolactic fermentation and 12 months ageing in barriques.

Syrah / Shiraz

Domaine Laurent Fayolle, Les Diognières, Hermitage, Rhône, France, 2020

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There's some five-spice oak that is the first thing you encounter, then crunchy, fresh berry fruits underneath. A mouth-filling,

Domaine Laurent Fayolle, Les Diognières, Hermitage, 2020

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