Mature, with soft, fleshy, open-knit damson plum, raspberry sauce and mulled black cherry fruit notes backed by modest grip and a lingering black tea note on the finish. Drink now through 2014. 250 cases imported.??–JM??Region: France / Northern Rh?ne / Hermitage Select to Add

Chapoutier’s largest Hermitage cuvee is rich and almost fudge-like in 2007, yet at the same time isn’t at all sweet or confected. Notes of sweaty leather, dried cherries and chocolate are framed by silky tannins. Drink now–2020.——J.C.(10/1/2011)—— 90