Domaine JMB Sorrel - Hermitage 'Le Vignon' 2019 (750ml)
Price: $89.99
| Producer | Domaine JMB Sorrel |
| Country | France |
| Region | Rhône Valley |
| Varietal | Syrah |
| Vintage | 2019 |
| Sku | 201083 |
| Size | 750ml |
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Domaine JMB Sorrel Description
The Sorrel family first set root in Hermitage in 1893, when estate founder Félix Alexandre Sorrel purchased land in ‘Les Bessards.’ Today, the family’s third generation of winemakers—indeed, three Sorrel brothers (Jacques, Jean-Michel and Bruno, or JMB)—tend the family’s modest six acres of land, crafting but a handful of bottles each vintage. Plowing by horse, picking by hand, aging in older barrels; here the traditions of Hermitage are as alive and treasured as they were centuries ago. The brothers’ Hermitage wines are stately yet supple, utterly refined in aroma and texture and crucially, wonderfully long-lived. Crafted in a classic style and promising a long cellar life! Pure Syrah fruit sourced from three vineyards: ‘Bessards,’ with vines more than 100 years old; ‘Greffieux,’ its clay and limestone soils contributing more supple fruit and silk; and ‘Plantiers,’ where the petit walled plot of ‘Le Vignon’ is found. Black cherry, blackberry, fine-grained yet structured tannins; a Hermitage Rouge for the ages.
Tasting Note: Aromas of black cherry, light toast, ripe blackberry. Full-bodied and fresh, great energy and length. Finishes with herbal notes and dark chocolate; grippy yet fine-grained tannins.
Wine Pairing: Red meat or autumn stews; aged French cheeses
Vinous: 94 Points
Shimmering violet color. Displays an array of ripe red and blue fruit and floral scents, along with suggestions of olive, cracked pepper and allspice. Broad and fleshy in the mouth, offering appealingly sweet boysenberry, cherry liqueur and candied violet flavors and savory smoked meat and olive paste flourishes. Dusty tannins come in slowly on a long, smoky finish that echoes the cherry and spice notes.
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