Expressive nose of dark berries, roasted meat, smoke, and dried leaves with baking spices and cold fire-pit undertones. It’s full-bodied with finely grained tannins. Textured with a suave character. Elegant Hermitage here with controlled power at all stages. Focused and concentrated yet it has this brightness of fruit at the center with succulent cherries and wild currants providing freshness and verve. Superb. Drinkable now, but best from 2026.

Features fig, spice, mulled cherry and spiced plum pudding notes that show nice purity and freshness. Offers suppleness on the palate that is quickly propped up by chalky fine tannins, which hold a firm grip. Reveals green herbs, tapenade and mocha accents that echo on the long, dry finish. Best from 2025 through 2035. 450 cases made, 50 cases imported.??–KB??Region: France / Northern Rh?ne / Hermitage Select to Add

Shows gorgeous purity, with a long cascade of warmed cassis, plum puree and cherry reduction flavors that seemingly glides through, though it's riveted with an underlying racy iron and sanguine-accented structure. Features perfumed hints of red tea and singed alder that chime on the finish, adding even more range. A beauty. Best from 2023 through 2038. 450 cases made, 5 cases imported.??–JM??Region: France / Northern Rh?ne / Hermitage Select to Add

Ripe and refined, with a sleek edge to the mix of cassis and cherry reduction notes, while licorice, alder and red tea accents fill in throughout. A subtle mineral note hangs amid the fruit on the polished finish. Drink now through 2034. 450 cases made, 5 cases imported.??–JM??Region: France / Northern Rh?ne / Hermitage Select to Add

Showing more fragrance and less oak than the 2017 version, Tardieu's 2018 Hermitage boasts perfumed notes of fennel, cracked pepper and red raspberries, plus hints of smoked meat and mocha. Medium to full-bodied, it's richly textured on the palate, finishing long and velvety. Like all of the Tardieu-Laurent Northern Rh?ne from 2018, it's approachable now, yet this one could age for a decade or so.