Marc Sorrel, Hermitage Vintage:2015 My only real criticism of

My only real criticism of Roederer is the estates insistence on using lot numbers that resemble missile launch codes in their complexity

Good acidity gives the palate length and finesse

300 bottles of this vintage were made

aged in two-thirds foudre and one-third demi-muids and drawn exclusively from sandy sites

Refined and complex

Marc Sorrel, Hermitage Vintage:2015 My only real criticism ofPeppery and meaty notes combine with ripe cherries and cassis on the nose of the 2017 Hermitage. It's medium to full bodied, possessing a certain tension between the fruit, the crisp acids and the firm tannins. There's more austerity to this wine than in most vintages, and it shows some dusty tannins on the finish.