Pierre Girardin

Pierre GirardinNA

This is also wonderfully fresh and cool with a similar array of fruit and floral elements though here the earth element is a bit more pronounced

Note that the less successful examples that I have tried have had finishes that have been marred by a slight dryness

I suspect one will emerge from the different lots of Les Bessards that I tasted as 2009 is certainly a year where enough wine can be culled out for the Cathelin without sacrificing the monumental quality of the regular Hermitage

and a real pleasure to taste

There is a reserved character to the beautifully detailed medium weight flavors that possess a distinct saline quality on the balanced

tobacco and plum notes create the aromatic profile

Lovely and well-balanced

as animated as the 2015 with great precision and tension towards the finish

The mouthfeel

fermentation in stainless steel with neutral yeasts and an élevage of 16 months in new French barriques

Les Argillières and Les Fremières)

(from ~80-year old vines