Colombier, Hermitage

Colombier, HermitageThere are lifted, perfumed red berry notes to this medium bodied vintage of Colombier's Hermitage. It has a good sense of energy, crispness and bite, with taut tannins. It will bring real pleasure in the early to mid term, but lacks the weight of fruit to really drive it on into the long term.

it enters the palate with softness and elegance

The 2004 Barbaresco Rabajà is a total head-turner

the 2008 Valpolicella Superiore is fabulous in this vintage

This is an excellent candidate for long cellaring

The Pingus vines were planted in 1929 in two different sectors of the village of La Horra

but it's just really hard to reproduce that magic

The wines then spend approximately one year in French oak and a second year in cask prior to being bottled

the 1997 Solaia was super-concentrated

intense and mineral-inflected broad-shouldered flavors are an exercise in restraint

cool and pure dark berry fruit and black cherry aromas to shine

Soft red berry fruit

cranberry and a touch of red cherry)-a joyful and perhaps less serious nose