"93 Wine Advocate
Review Date: 12/2017
Partially destemmed, the 2015 Hermitage is atypically intense and tannic for this domaine. It’s dark, concentrated, firm and uncompromising, but it's also layered and complex, packed tight with plums and blackberries laced with crushed-stone accents. Sorrel is an often-overlooked source of fine Hermitage that’s often generous and approachable in its youth because the sourcing doesn’t include the more austere lieux-dits of L’Hermite or Les Bessards. The white cuvée, Les Rocoules, can be profound. In his small cellars located right on Tain l’Hermitage’s main street, proprietor Marc Sorrel also crafts small quantities of Crozes-Hermitage from holdings in Larnage. (JC)"
