Jean-Michel Sorrel, Le Vignon Hermitage Rouge 2020

94+ Jeb Dunnuck
"Clearly from a better vintage, the 2020 Hermitage Le Vignon Vieilles Vignes sports a deeper purple hue to go with ripe, powerful aromatics of smoked black and blue fruits, smoked game, violets, and pepper. Medium to full-bodied, it has a wild edge but is full-bodied, concentrated, has plenty of tannins, and is a classic, old school Hermitage that's going to offer tons of pleasure over the coming two decades or more."

93 points Wine Spectator
"A voluptuous, dark red, offering a cascade of black currant and smoked black cherry underscored by notes of dried flowers, cigar box, mocha and earth. A firming spine of iron and herbs adds a savory dimension to the ripe palate, with a slightly chewy feel held together by fine-grained tannins. Mouthcoating and powerful, with good balance and a lot of stuffing. Drink now through 2030. 400 cases made, 100 cases imported."

Vinous Reverie Notes
The Sorrel family first set root in Hermitage in 1893, when estate founder Félix Alexandre Sorrel purchased land in ‘Les Bessards,’ the south-facing backbone of the finest Hermitage. This is pure Syrah fruit sourced from three vineyards: ‘Bessards,’ with vines more than 100 years old; ‘Greffieux,’ its clay and limestone soils contributing more supple fruit and silk; and ‘Plantiers,’ where the petit walled plot of ‘Le Vignon’ is found. Black cherry, blackberry, fine-grained yet structured tannins; a Hermitage Rouge for the ages.