2015 Hermitage Blanc
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Light bright yellow-gold. Powerful, mineral-accented aromas of poached pear, Meyer lemon and honey are complemented by floral and vanilla accents. Silky and broad in the mouth, offering impressively concentrated orchard and pit fruit flavors and hints of citrus zest and honeysuckle. Shows power as well as vivacity on the penetrating, persistent finish, which leaves behind hints of bitter pear skin and dusty minerals.
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Deeper in color than the St Péray release, the 2015 Hermitage Blanc offers a big, rich, unctuous style as well as terrific notes of marmalade, buttered peach, toasty oak and exotic flowers. Not yet bottled, this full-bodied, rich, concentrated white is going to need a year or two of bottle age, but will keep for a decade or more.
Deeper in color than the St Péray release, the 2015 Hermitage Blanc offers a big, rich, unctuous style as well as terrific notes of marmalade, buttered peach, toasty oak and exotic flowers. Not yet bottled, this full-bodied, rich, concentrated white is going to need a year or two of bottle age, but will keep for a decade or more. Dec 2016, www.robertparker.com