Like St-Joseph, Crozes-Hermitage produces wine for relatively early consumption, perhaps within a decade of the vintage, although some can certainly last much longer than this. It is another source of value wines.
Hermitage
A highly-regarded French appellation located along the northern Rhone. Reds of this appellation are made from Syrah grapes, and whites, from Marsanne andd Rousanne.
Hermitage (air-mee-tahj)
One of the most important wine making regions of the Rhone Valley, France. Heralded for its rich, earthy wines, both red and white. The red wines are made from the Syrah grape.
Hermitage: Synonym used frequently for the red-grape variety Shiraz, originating from Hermitage in the Rhone valley in France.
Hermitage
Hermitage, pronounced without the ‘h’ (air-mee-tahj), is a wine region in southern France in the Rhõne Valley.
Hermitage
This small (126 Ha) hillside appellation in the Northern Rhône region of France is famous for being the home of the Syrah grape (aka Shiraz).
HERMITAGE
Considered one of the best wines produced in the Rhone, usually red and made from Syrah grapes.
Hermitage - (Air-mee-tahj)
One of the top wines of the Rhone, usually red (made from Syrah grapes) but also white, ...
Hermitage produced the best wines, and the other northern appellations produced sound if slightly light wines. The best whites also came from Hermitage.
"White Hermitage" came to Australia with James Busby in 1832. The major plantings are in New South Wales and South Australia, where it is mostly used for brandy and for blending with other grapes in table wine.
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The red wines of Hermitage are generous and well balanced, strong aromas and a complete bouquet. They tolerate aging very well and become smooth and mellow when they mature.
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White Type of vine especially cultivated in the area of the Hermitage.
MATHUSALEM
Different name for the imperial bottle.
MATURATION
Transformation undergone by the grape when it grows rich out of sugar and loses part of its acidity to become ripe.
SYRAH: A grape variety associated with the Rhone Valley region of France, famous for creating "Hermitage" red wine. Recent research (reported 27 June '01) has determined that the parents of this variety are most likely to be Mondeuse Blanche x Dureza.
The other protagonist for red wines in Northern Rhõne Valley certainly is Hermitage. Just like in Cõte-Rõtie, the best vineyards in Hermitage are cultivated in the hillsides exposed towards south.
Hermitage and Côte-Rôtie in France , Penfolds Grange in Australia --the epitome of Syrah is a majestic red that can age for half a century.
Marsanne is the principal grape in the white wines of Crozes-Hermitage, Hermitage, Saint Joseph and Saint Péray. Marsanne is traditionally blended with Roussanne in the white wines of the northern Rhône.
More than half the world's total Syrah acreage is planted in France, but it is also a successful grape in Australia (called Shiraz or Hermitage), South Africa and California. Syrah is a fairly new variety in California, first introduced in 1971.
In another version, the person who brought the variety to Rhõne is even named, being the crusader Gaspard de Stérimberg, who is supposed to have built the chapel at Hermitage.
We'll be enjoying VIP visits to some of the best wine-producing estates of the region in the prestigious appellations of Hermitage, Cõte Rõtie and Châteauneuf-du-Pape; ...
a wine from France or California) covers the entire spectrum of red wine's glory: from the simple, yet rich and fruity Vin de Pays of France Languedoc region, through the delicious medium-priced Shiraz wines of Australia, to the Hermitage wines ...
Roussanne is very rarely used to produce a varietal wine but more usually blended with Marsanne to produce the famous white wine of Hermitage from the Rhõne Valley of Eastern France, adding elegance, delicacy and aroma to the Marsanne, ...
The great red of France’s northern Rhone Valley, where it produces the famed wines of Cote-Rotie and Hermitage, syrah, in recent years, has become the darling of winemakers around the globe, especially in Australia, ...
A few famous Northern Rhõne wines made from Syrah are Hermitage, Cõte Rõtie, Saint-Joseph and Cornas. In the southern Rhõne, Syrah is blended with other varieties such as Grenache, Mourvèdre and Cinsault to make Châteauneuf-de-Pape.
With the Syrah, his goal is to make a rich, jammy, New World style wine that tastes more like Australian Shiraz than old school Hermitage.
Graves Blanc / Saumur Blanc / Hermitage Blanc
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Ideally, setting up some Northern Rhõnes (Cõte-Rõtie and Hermitage), Syrahs from Sonoma County and the Central Coast, and some Australian Shiraz from the Barossa Valley or the Coonawarra.
Pinotage
Most famous red South African grape varietal. A cross between Pinot Noir and Cinsaut(known as Hermitage inh South Africa).
smoky
Some wines, either because of the soil or because of the barrels used to age the wine, have a distinctive smoky character. Côte Rôtie and Hermitage often have a roasted or smoky quality.
A red Rhone. These tend to be big, rough wines that, in many cases, calm down a bit and get easier to drink in time. Look for a Rhone wine from Saint-Joseph, Gigondas, Vacqueyras or Crozes-Hermitage. Guigal is always a good producer to look for.
Also known as, Cinsault, Cinq-saou, Plant d'Arles, Bourdales, Milhau, Morterille Noire, Prunelas, Picardin Noir, Espagne, Ulliaou, Passerille, Papdou, Poupe de Crabe, Prunella, Calabre, Cuviller, Petaire, Salerne, Malaga, Ottavianello, Hermitage, ...
Massive:In great vintages where there is a high degree of ripeness and superb concentration, some wines can turn out to be so big, full-bodied, and rich that they are called massive. A great wine such as the 1961 or 1990 Hermitage La Chapelle is a ...
Châteauneuf-du-Pape and Hermitage are particularly fleshy wines.
floral Wines made from the Muscat or Viognier grape have a flowery component, and occasionally a red wine will have a floral scent.
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