Marc Sorrel, Hermitage Greal Vintage:2005

Marc Sorrel, Hermitage Greal Vintage:2005Crme de cassis and blackberry aromas sufficient to fill the room emerge on the nose of Sorrel's 2017 Hermitage Le Greal. Full bodied, rich, and supple, this is a lush, creamy wine that shows incredible intensity of flavor without excess weight. Underneath all of that plush fruit is a stony core of structure and myriad spicy complexities that should sustain it for decades to come.

The 2001 Barolo Pajana offers up freshly cut flowers

vivid wine from the first taste

moderate levels of acidity that segues to a very peppery and vivacious finish

A point of acidity adds levity and length

tannic and austere vintages from this estate

comparing it to the 2017 it does not quite have the same tension and mineralité

but I look forward to doing so the next time around

This is almost as complex and aromatically pure as the ‘04 with notes of game

and with respect to the 1995

The 2000 Barolo Riserva Le Rocche del Falletto is soft and quite open in feel

This is the first time they used the vats

very elegant in style with a precise