2005† Hermitage Marquise de la Tourette, Delas, Hermitage, 750 ml (96044)

Typ RÖDA VINER
Land Frankrike
Region Hermitage
Producent Delas
Pris 283 kr
Senast ändrad 2009-11-24 13:04
Säljstart 2008-05-02
 
Betyg 50-100
Wine Spectator 93
Parker (WA) 92
Tanzer (IWC) 90.5
Livets Goda (LG) -
Cellartracker -
 
Noteringar:
2008-04-25 07:15 IWC: By Josh Raynolds Stephen Tanzer's International Wine Cellar (Issue #136, January/February 2008) (Delas Freres Hermitage Marquise de la Tourette) ($69) Ruby-red. Pungent dark berry and kirsch aromas are youthfully brooding, picking up a subtle licorice quality with air. Impressively concentrated but a bit ungiving right now, offering deep, chewy dark berry preserve flavors and serious tannic grip. Pretty cranky today. 90(+?) points
2008-04-25 07:15 WA: Similarly-styled to the 2005 Hermitage Les Bessards, the 2005 Hermitage Marquise de la Tourette will also need a decade to round into shape. It may prove to be somewhat of a gamble as it is frighteningly tannic and austere, but it is so concentrated that it is almost painful to taste. Its inky/purple color is accompanied by aromas of graphite, black currant liqueur, licorice, and earth. The wine’s profound depth and richness can be sensed on the palate, but then the tannins kick in and the wine totally shuts down. Forget it for ten years and drink it over the following 25-30. As I have written many times in the past, this famous estate, which muddled along in the seventies, eighties, and early nineties, was reborn when its owners, the Deutz-Roederer Champagne enterprise, brought in the super-talented Jacques Granges, and gave him carte blanche to redo the cellars and elevate the level of quality. Since his first vintage, 1997, Delas has become one of the superb purveyors of high quality Rhone wine. I have enormous admiration for what Granges has accomplished. His most recent vintages, 2005 and 2006, have been brilliant and he continues to do a superb job with the white wines Readers should also know that Delas recently purchased 37 acres of vines in Crozes-Hermitage, so they will be augmenting their production from that appellation. The bottled 2005 reds include some interesting efforts from some of the better villages in the south. The Chateauneuf du Papes and Cotes du Rhones were reviewed in issue #173 (October, 2007) Importer: Maison Marques et Domaines, Oakland, CA; tel. (510) 286-2000
2008-05-01 15:15 Sleek and tightly grained, with a very racy core of blackberry and boysenberry fruit covered with sweet spice, fruitcake and mocha notes, all backed by a long, mineral- and graphite-filled finish. Best from 2010 through 2020. 1,165 cases made. –JM