Esprit de Granit St Joseph, Cave de Tain Size:75cl

Esprit de Granit St Joseph, Cave de Tain Size:75clAn appealing perfumed nose of intense liquorice and vanilla leads to a palate characteristically mineral with delicious sweet dark fruit, good balance and evident but ripe tannins. Already seductive and elegant, the awards are for the undoubted potential of this superb wine which is still young and will continue to develop complexity over the coming years. At the foot of the famous Hermitage hillside, the Cave de Tain l'Hermitage produces five

where the wine remained until bottling

a historic drought persisted from spring to summer

It remains in these vats for two months prior to bottling

Temperatures were carefully managed to remain cool

providing ideal conditions for flowering and berry set

which represents the number of blends since the foundation of the Louis Roederer Champagne House in 1776

The palate is rich and ripe with a luxurious texture that coats the palate

A rich savoury palate with lots of Morello cherry and blackberry flavours

Early summer was warm but became changeable with intermittent wet spells

Like most of the new breed of interesting

The definitive house-style

Crushed rocks