Hermitage other_regions_italy black cherries and violets with

black cherries and violets with hints of dark chocolate

(from 50+ year old vines vinified with 40% stems)

this splendid wine promises to get even better over the next 4-6 years and possibly last through the first decade of the next century

This has aged really well

Hermitage other_regions_italy black cherries and violets withBright medium ruby. Cool, perfumed aromas of blackberry, bitter chocolate and mint. Intensely flavored, concentrated and firmly built, with bright acids lifting the berry, violet and licorice flavors. Quite youthfully unevolved but already displays impressive inner mouth perfume. Finishes with firm tannic spine. Stephen Tanzer