WINTER ON THE GRANITE AT HERMITAGE

FEBRUARY 2015

2013 is a West End vintage at Hermitage, where the Big Three climats or sites have all excelled – Les Bessards with its crunchy, fine grain, rocky qualities from the hard granite; Le Méal, ripe and measured; L’Hermite, intricate, complex

2013 Hermitage is a very, very good vintage; with crop levels low, the wines are emerging as excellent when drawn from the main westerly sites. There is a little more depth than in 2012. A full report has been listed under 2013 NORTHERN RHÔNE, subtab THE LEADING WINES.