From 50-year-old vines, this is Sorrel’s top cuvee of white Hermitage, laden with scents of truffled honey and almonds. Yet despite that obvious richness on the nose, it’s a bit more restrained on the palate than the 2005, with a more powerful structure and marginally less lushness. Not better, not worse, just different: longer on the finish, more tightly constructed and probably longer-lived.——J.C.(9/1/2007)—— 95