2022 Delas Freres Hermitage Domaine des Tourettes - Marquise de la Tourette 750ml

Awards, Ratings & Reviews Wine Spectator 94/100 2022 Vintage · Tasted: Dec 2024 Decanter World Wine Awards 93/100 2022 Vintage · Tasted: Jan 2025 Andreas Larsson 93/100 2022 Vintage · Tasted: Jul 2024 “Medium to deep colour with a purple core and hue. The nose combines mild oak and toast with some flinty hints, raspberry, plum, cassis, pepper, cardamom and some meaty notes. The palate is dense and meaty with a modest extraction, rounded tannin, flavour intense with pure fruit and a long generous finish.” James Suckling 2022 Vintage · Tasted: Apr 2024 “Complex roasted nose with deep red fruit aromas. A polished Hermitage that is quite accessible for an appellation with the reputation for needing long aging. Fleshy and elegant, with restrained tannins on the medium-bodied palate. Then, just when you think it is a bit easy-going, the structured stony finish comes through to remind you who’s boss. Mostly from the bottom of the Les Bessards section of the hill. Matured 100% in Burgundian oak barrels, of which a quarter were new, for 15 months. Drinkable now, but best from 2025.” Jancis Robinson 17/20 2022 Vintage · Tasted: Sep 2023 When to drink: 2027–2037 About This Wine This cuvée is a blend of grapes from three terroirs: L’Ermite, Le Sabot and the prestigious Bessards terroir. Average production is approximately 30,000 bottles (75 cl) per year. Grape variety: 100% Syrah. The grapes for the “Domaine des Tourettes” cuvée are harvested by hand, plot by plot, at optimal ripeness. Vinification is carried out traditionally in open concrete vats after two days of cold pre-fermentation maceration. Fermentation continues at a controlled temperature of 28°C to 30°C, with daily punching down and pumping over for about ten days. Total maceration time can reach 20 days. After racking and pressing, malolactic fermentation takes place in oak barrels. The wines are aged in oak barrels. The oak character results from a precise and variable proportion between new barrels and barrels that have previously held wine, adapted to each vintage’s tannic and gustatory profile. Tasting Notes Visually, the wine is a deep, brilliant, dark red. On the nose, the Hermitage “Domaine des Tourettes” expresses power and complexity, offering aromas of black fruit, spice and leather. The palate, firm yet silky, possesses a tight tannic structure, the hallmark of the finest wines for aging. About the Winery Delas Frères is an estate based in the northern Rhône Valley, particularly known for its Syrah-based wines from the Hermitage, Côte-Rôtie and Crozes-Hermitage appellations. The Delas family have been involved in wine production in the Rhône Valley since 1835. In 1977, the company joined forces with Champagne Deutz, and in 1993 both were acquired by the Rouzaud family, owners of Louis Roederer. Specifications Vintage: 2022 Grape Variety: 100% Syrah Region: Hermitage / Rhône / France Fermentation: Open concrete vats after cold pre-fermentation maceration Maturation: Oak barrels with variable proportion of new and previously used barrels Production Attributes: Hand harvested; plot-by-plot vinification Vineyard / Geo info: L’Ermite, Le Sabot and Les Bessards; granitic arenas with mica schists, gneiss and alluvial deposits across Tain-l’Hermitage, Crozes-Hermitage and Larnage Alcohol: 13.5% Sweetness: Dry Winemaker / Ownership: Champagne Louis Roederer group Closure: Cork Drinking Window: 2027–2040