Paul Jaboulet Aîné Hermitage La Maison Bleue 2016

Ripe and dense blackberry and blueberry nose. The palate is soft, yielding and juicy with expressive blackberry and cassis fruit flavours; tannins are ripe, massy, thick and well-integrated. A lovely wine with great potential.

This is a juicy and flavorful young wine with dusty and polished tannins. Lots of wild fruit and dark-berry and volcanic/salt undertones. Flavorful finish.

The charming, already drinkable 2016 Hermitage La Maison Bleue comes from the eastern portion of the appellation. Raspberries and cherries lead the way in this full-bodied, velvety, lush offering, picking up subtle hints of baking spices on the long, silky finish.

The 2016 Hermitage La Maison Bleue (2,000 cases) comes from vines on the eastern side of the appellation and more sedimentary and limestone soils. This deep ruby/purple-colored beauty gives up loads of black raspberry, toasted spiced, incense, and crushed rock aromatics. This flows to a ripe, sexy, medium to full-bodied Hermitage that has moderate tannins, a layered, beautifully pure, elegant, even charming texture, and a great finish. It's already approachable yet will have 10-15 years of prime drinking.

En bouche, l’entame est dense, les tannins serrés mais bénéficiant d’un élevage de qualité, il demande encore à fondre sa belle matière, la finale ne manque pas de jus, un peu généreuse peut-être mais le vin est encore très jeune.