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Home > France > 2005 Hermitage, Les Bessards, Delas Freres (750ml)
2005 Hermitage, Les Bessards, Delas Freres (750ml)
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Vintage: 2005
Format: 750ml
Wine Name: Cote-Rotie
Vineyard: Les Bessards
Designation:
Appellation: Hermitage
Producer: Delas Freres
Varietal: Syrah
Type: Red
Country: France
Region: Rhone
Sub-Region: Northern Rhone
Alcohol:
Tasting note: Supertaut now, but loaded with racy black currant, fig and suave mocha
notes, all pushed by racy tannins. This offers loads of briary grip, but
it's sweet and ripe, with a minerality that blazes through on the
finish. Should cruise in the cellar. Best from 2010 through 2030. 375
cases made. (97 pts. JM, Wine Spectator)
Tasted: Jul 31, 2008
Score: 97
Drink: Now Through 2030
Tasting note: Black/purple to the rim, the sensational 2005 Hermitage Les Bessards
possesses a classic bouquet of graphite, licorice, creme de cassis, and a
touch of background oak. Massive, even monstrous in the mouth with
enormous extract, this is a 50-60 year wine. It is full-bodied, high in
tannin, and should not be touched for another decade. It will keep
through 2050+. (96 pts. Robert Parker)
Tasted: Feb. 2008
Score: 96
Drink: 2018-48
Tasting note: Opaque ruby. Fresh cherry and boysenberry
on the nose, with seductive floral and mineral qualities adding
complexity. Becomes more pungent with air, picking up tobacco, spicecake
and dried violet scents. Juicy dark fruit flavors spread across the
palate, ending with good mineral snap. This is very intriguing, as well
as quite young. (93+ pts. JR, Stephen Tanzers International Wine Cellar)
Tasted: Jan/Feb 2008
Score: 93+
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