Blended from the lieux-dits of les Bessards, Greffieux, le Méal and les Beaumes, Chapoutier's 2019 Hermitage Monier de la Sizeranne offers up scents of cedar, leather, spice, dried cherries and fresh plums. It's full-bodied, rich and almost creamy on the palate, then softly dusty on the long finish. While not as concentrated or cellar-worthy as the various selections parcellaires, it's still a worthy effort, not an afterthought.

Delivers a lovely core of a?aí berry, plum and blackberry fruit flavors coated with bittersweet cocoa and carried by a long, loamy spine. The finish is underscored by tobacco and alder accents as the fruit sails through. Best from 2024 through 2038. 75 cases imported.??–JM??Region: France / Northern Rh?ne / Hermitage Select to Add