2018 Delas Frères Hermitage Domaine des Tourettes

Community Tasting Notes (5) Avg Score: 92.2 points

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  5/30/2023 - AGELVIS Likes this wine: 93 Points

  One hour slow ox. Deep dark vibrant magenta color. Blackberry, spiced plum, violet, pecan, tobacco, slate, chocolate malt, and subtle black pepper. Smooth, dry palate, with nice lingering acidity. Firm, full, medium intensity tannins on the longish finish.
  
  This continued to improve over an hour of drinking. Decanting for an hour or so is advisable. It’s got a good balance of fruit, sweetness, and earthiness (something for everyone). Very nice birthday gift from my friends Gaelle and Ludo.

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  5/12/2023 - DevenStephens Likes this wine: 92 Points

  An interesting Hermitage. First note was bacon. Dark fruits and some green/vegetable notes (olive and roasted bell pepper). Far from my favorite Hermitage but still pretty good and for around 100$ it's well worth a try

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  10/6/2022 - WineTally Likes this wine:

  100% Syrah
  from 3 parcels in Hermitage: L'Ermite, Sabot, and Bessards totaling
  ~10 ha of granitic and pebble covered soils.
  Manual harvest. 2-day cold maceration.
  ~20 day fermentation in open concrete tanks at 28-30°C with daily
  punch-down and pump-over during first 12 days.
  Malolactic and aging in oak barrels.
  15% Abv. Average 30.000 bottles/yr
  
  Background: dates back to 1835 with the Delas and Audibert families.
  Became Delas Frères in 1924 when inherited by Henri and Florentin
  Delas. Michel Delas (3rd gen) succeeded in 1960. Merged with
  Champagne Deutz in 1977, then part of Groupe Roederer in 1993.
  Director: Fabrice Rosset (since 1996)
  Winemakers: Jacques Grange (since 1997),
  Claire Darnaud-McKerrow (since 2010)
  
  A(ccuracy)=2: Deep crimson/ruby. Intense, tight-knit varietal.
  B(alance)=2: Distinctive components in proportion.
  C(omplexity)=3: Dark berries, fruit jam, bacon, game, chocolate,
  leather, pepper, spice...
  D(epth)=2: Robust mouthfeel. Full palette and lingering finish.
  
  Wine Tally Score [2,2,3,2] = 9/10
  
  Full throttle Syrah.
  
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  10/6/2022 - wineappellation Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Transparent minerals, smoky, sweet fruit and creamy oak. Full body. Savoury soil. Garrigues. Powerful. Needs time to settle but good potential. 93+

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  3/9/2020 - wineforth Likes this wine: 93 Points

  At a recent en primeur tasting. Nose was relatively closed and takes time to open up. Tannins much more obvious than generally for the vintage. Needs at least 5 years. In this price range I preferred their Maugiron.

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