2016 Hermitage Blanc

Bright yellow-gold. A highly complex bouquet evokes ripe orchard and pit fruits, saffron and pungent flowers, and a potent suggestion of smoky minerals emerges with air. Sappy and densely packed on the palate, offering intense poached pear, dried peach, honey and sweet butter flavors that deepen and spread out steadily on the back half. Powerful and deeply concentrated yet surprisingly graceful, finishing very long and chewy, delivering outstanding energy and persistent floral and mineral notes.