Lovely nose of yellow plums, dried herbs, peaches, honeysuckle and sweet spices. Full-bodied with low acidity. Round and caressing texture with volume and balance. Full of energy with a delicious and generous finish. Drink or hold.

The 2018 Hermitage Blanc marries ripe, tropical-scented fruit with subtle notes of pencil shavings and toasted coconut on the nose, making for a fun, exotic experience. On the palate, it's full-bodied, round and palate-coating, while being silky and energetic at the same time. The finish pulls the broad, fruit-driven essence into sharper focus while retaining its overall impression of generosity. A fine example of white Hermitage, it drinks well now but should really start to sing in a decade.

A blend of 80% Marsanne and 20% Roussanne, the 2017 Hermitage Blanc spent a year in barrels, and when I tasted it June, it was in the midst of another year in foudre. Subtle toast notes accent pear and carambola fruit. It's medium to full-bodied and rich on the mid-palate, then ends dry and dusty. Give it some time (like any white Hermitage).

Deeper in color than the St Péray release, the 2015 Hermitage Blanc offers a big, rich, unctuous style as well as terrific notes of marmalade, buttered peach, toasty oak and exotic flowers. Not yet bottled, this full-bodied, rich, concentrated white is going to need a year or two of bottle age, but will keep for a decade or more.

The first vintage of Hermitage Blanc I've tasted from this estate (not that he hasn't released it in the past), the 2013 Hermitage Blanc is a Marsanne-dominated blend that incorporates 20% Roussanne. There's a tiny 300 cases made, of which only 2.5 cases are imported to the US. Its medium gold color is followed by a rich, layered white that offers terrific intensity in its buttered orchard fruits, honeysuckle, quince, crushed rock and toasty oak-scented bouquet. Full-bodied, beautifully pure and elegant, it needs short term cellaring, but will have more than two decades of overall longevity.