Deeper in color than the Grand Classique, with more minerality, black olive, bacon fat, wood smoke and charcoal, the 2006 Hermitage Gambert de Loche is medium to full-bodied, concentrated and edgy, with plenty of tannin and acidity. It doesn’t have the sheer wealth of material found in the Epsilon, but it's still a beautiful, classically built Hermitage that has another 15+ years of life.

Really fine, with a dark beam of currant, coffee and melted licorice backed by bittersweet cocoa and fine-grained tannins. The long finish has tangy minerality lurking. Drink now through 2018. 1,600 cases made.??–JM??Region: France / Northern Rh?ne / Hermitage Select to Add