Laurus
Hermitage 2014

AOP Hermitage Red

Awards

15,5/20 Bettane & Desseauve
91 pts Wine Spectator

Tasting

“Medium-bodied, charming, nicely fruited effort that offers classic notes of cassis, black currants, peppery spice and dried herbs. It’s already approachable and ready to go”.

Jeb Dunnuck for Robert Parker, Wine Advocate – 30th Dec 2016

Food & wine pairings

Chevreuil grand veneur

Biche sautéed with pepper and celery puree

Detailed information

Vintage

A healthy flowering and fruit set in the Spring was followed by particularly damp and rainy July. Followed a very sunny and windy month of August which accelerated the ripening process and resulted in healthy, fully mature grapes with lively acidity.
Harvest began on September 10th, 2014.

Grape varieties

Syrah

Terroir

Plots are selected on the Eastern sector of the Hermitage hills, on alluvial terraces of the Rhone river – 200m high.

Winemaking

The grapes are harvested manually. After alcoholic fermentation in a vat, the wines underwent malolactic fermentation in 275-litre oak Laurus barrels (new barrels and once used barrels). Elevage on fine lees over a period of 14 months.

Production: 1,635 bottles, 234 magnums, 18 jéroboams and 2 mathusalems
Bottled on 19th May 2016

Service

Serve at 14-16 °C – Ideal when opened 2 hours prior to serving

Optimum maturity: 2016-2024

Degree of alcohol

13% vol.

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Laurus

Laurus means ‘Laurel’ in Latin, a Roman symbol of excellence. Here excellence is all about “terroir”: the grapes are grown on parcels selected for their ability to express the very best of each Appellation.

The term “terroir” encompasses a soil, a climate and people. Here it is expressed through sustainable partnerships with wine-growers who share our vision. The perfect combination of grape variey & soil, the precise maturing process in unique 275l. French oak "Laurus" barrels refines the structure, producing complex wines, with plenty of character, beautiful elegance and a long ageing potential.