Delas Freres Hermitage Les Bessards 2017 Xinomavro Touriga Nacional anchors the blend

Touriga Nacional anchors the blend with dark fruit concentration and backbone

ginger and herbs in the background

That number sits at the moderate end of the Islay spectrum: enough smoke to place you firmly on the island

a solid tannin structure

Delas Freres Hermitage Les Bessards 2017 Xinomavro Touriga Nacional anchors the blendFRANCE : RHONE VALLEY : HERMITAGE Syrah FULL BODIED, CASSIS, CRUSHED STONE, GRAPHITE, CURED MEAT, NEW OAK Les Bessards is the most granite intensive section of Hermitage Hill the western flank where thin soils over solid bedrock force concentration and yield a mineral signature found nowhere else in the Northern Rhne. Delas Frres selects only their oldest parcels here, producing roughly 6,000 bottles per year, and only in the best vintages. 2017 was a