Region
France › Rhône › Northern Rhône › Hermitage › Hermitage AOC
Type
red · still
Grapes
Syrah
Alcohol
14.5%
Volume
750 mL
Tasting Notes(1)
4.4
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The estate's most exclusive bottling: Syrah from a tiny holding on the Hill of Hermitage itself - Dard et Ribo own roughly half a hectare across the lieu-dit Varogne (very old vines, some from around 1910) and a small slice of Les Murets. Unlike the Crozes and Saint-Joseph rouges, the Hermitage bunches are mostly destemmed (around 90%) - the small whole-cluster remainder kicks off the spontaneous fermentation. Ageing runs over a year in 500-litre barrels. No filtration, effectively no added SO2. Production is tiny - on the order of a thousand bottles in a normal year. The 2019 vintage's heat and structure should carry this for decades.
