From two of the most famous plots in Hermitage, the Bernard Faurie Hermitage Greffieux Bessards is a superb wine that perfectly illustrates while this hill in the Rhone valley is so admired.
While the two plots border each other, Bessards has more granite, and Faurie believes it should be part of every great Hermitage rouge. Made with 100% whole bunches in old vats and then matured in used oak, the fruit absolutely sparkles, with superb structure and depth of flavour and body, supported by shining acidity.
VINOUS 95 - 97 POINTS - "Josh Raynolds (Vinous): "An intensely perfumed nose displays mineral-accented red and blue fruit and floral pastille scents that pick up smoky bacon and exotic spice flourishes with air. In a concentrated yet lively style, offering appealingly sweet cherry, blueberry, spicecake and candied violet flavors braced by a spine of juicy acidity. Shows outstanding clarity and tension on a wonderfully persistent, floral-driven finish framed by fine-grained, slow-building tannins."
VINOUS 95 - 97 POINTS - "Josh Raynolds (Vinous): "An intensely perfumed nose displays mineral-accented red and blue fruit and floral pastille scents that pick up smoky bacon and exotic spice flourishes with air. In a concentrated yet lively style, offering appealingly sweet cherry, blueberry, spicecake and candied violet flavors braced by a spine of juicy acidity. Shows outstanding clarity and tension on a wonderfully persistent, floral-driven finish framed by fine-grained, slow-building tannins."
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