2005 Delas Freres Hermitage les Bessards

Syrah - 750ML
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REVIEWS

WS 97 WA 95 WE 94 W&S 92
WS 97

Wine Spectator, July 2008

Supertaut now, but loaded with racy black currant, fig and suave mocha notes, all pushed by racy tannins. This offers loads of briary grip, but it's sweet and ripe, with a minerality that blazes through on the finish...
WA 95

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, March 2016

95+ A wine that needs to be left alone for another 4-5 years is the 2005 Hermitage Les Bessards. As with the Cote Rotie La Landonne, I tasted this earlier in the year and it showed similar this go around as well...
WE 94

Wine Enthusiast, September 2007

Delas’s cuvée parcellaire is a rich wine that’s almost syrupy in its concentration and tannic strength. But this definitely has plenty of fruit for balance, mixing cassis with black olive, espresso, cinnamon and clove...
W&S 92

Wine & Spirits, February 2009

Plush and polished, this wine's plummy fruit seems to be chocolate coated, dark, rich and smooth. With air, it takes on more shape as the tannins emerge. Elegant and approachable now, it should become more complex with...

WINE DETAILS

Color & Type Red
Varietal Syrah
Country France
Region Rhone
Sub-region Northern Rhone
Appellation Hermitage
Vintage 2005
Size 750ML

Founded in 1835 by Charles Audibert and Phillipe Delas, the celebrated Delas Freres winery grows 30 hectares of vines comprising 10 hectares in Hermitage (including the Domaines des Tourettes estate), 2 hectares in Saint-Joseph, and 18 hectares in Crozes-Hermitage.

In addition to the grapes produced by Delas' own wine growing team, Delas' close relationships with like-minded owner-winegrowers ensure that the company is able to source grapes grown on individual parcels, which reflect their own unique terroir.

Exclusively a family-owned operation for over a century, Delas Freres joined forces with Champagne Deutz in 1977. In 1993, Deutz and Delas Freres were approached by the Rouzaud family, majority shareholder in the Roederer Group. They joined the Roederer Group under whose umbrella Delas' philosophy continues to flourish.