Domaine Marc Sorrel Hermitage "Le Greal" red 2022

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Domaine Marc Sorrel Hermitage Le Gréal 2022 red wine

Guide RVF des Meilleurs Vins de France 2025 (August 2024): 98/100. Le Greal offers a deep, complex, intense nose, with aromas of black fruits, a hint of pepper, and delicate smoky notes. It unfolds a very flavorful palate, consistent from start to finish, and lingers long.

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate (Yohan Castaing, March 2025): 97/100. A strong candidate for the title of the wine of the vintage, the 2022 Hermitage Le Greal is gorgeous. Evoking a perfumed, complex and vibrant bouquet of blackberry, rose petal, violet, flowers and dark cherries mingled with lovely notes of lead pencil, it's suave and sappy, complete and deep, with a multidimensional core of fruit and beautifully refined tannins enhanced by an energetic mid-palate that segues into a long, perfumed and ethereal finish due to the use of whole bunches. Truly gorgeous. It should gain raciness with age. DRINK DATE 2028-2055.

Technical sheet written by the domaine:

Cuvée from one of the two best lieux-dits of the hill.

For 10% of the Syrah from Greffieux (about thirty years old), and for 90% from Méal (at the heart of the slope), composed of 90% Syrah planted in 1927 and 1928, and 10% Marsanne and Roussanne about sixty years old. Grapes destemmed or not depending on the vintage, aging in barrels for 18 to 24 months, no fining or filtration.

Tasting: inky color, delicate bouquet of violet, blackcurrant, and musk. Massive yet harmonious tannins, prodigious length. It is a solid wine for aging, capable of improving for fifteen to twenty years.

Food pairings: red meats, game ...