tangerine oil and a range of saline-infused notes all run through the 2018

bursting with aromas of red berries

ultimately

detailed and mineral-inflected flavors offer fine depth before culminating in a mildly lean and linear finish that is presently on the austere side

(includes roughly 10% viognier)

Hermitage Vintage:2000 tangerine oil and a rangeBright 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