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Hermitage Le Gréal Domaine Marc Sorrel 2004

  • Spices
  • Gastronomic wine
  • Wine for ageing
  • Color: Red
  • 14% 
  • 1.5L
  • Intensity
  • Classic

Le Gréal est la cuvée prestige de Marc Sorrel, produite en très faibles quantités. Sa puissance en bouche témoigne d'une grande aptitude au vieillissement, pouvant aller de 15 à 20 ans. Tout simplement superbe. More info

  • Quantity: 2 Bottles
  • Level: 2 into-neck
  • Label: 2 slightly marked label
  • Origin: Private individual
  • Recoverable VAT: No
  • Country/Region: Rhône
  • Appellation/Wine: Hermitage
  • Producer/Owner: Marc Sorrel
  • More information....

Hermitage Le Gréal Domaine Marc Sorrel serve at a temperature of 16°C. It will pair perfectly with the following dishes: Gibiers, Côte de boeuf braisée, Poularde truffée.

Peak: To drink

  • Vintage score: 15/20
  • What the experts say...

    "A pure, well-textured, elegant effort with hints of Pinot Noir-like finesse and sensuality" Source : R. Parker (02/2006)

    Lot presentation
    Hermitage Le Gréal Domaine Marc Sorrel

    The wine

    Le Gréal is a blend, just like its name, as Le Gréal is in fact a contraction of two localities: le Méal (with 50-year-old vines) and les Greffieux (12-year-old vines). Rich and elegant, the Hermitage Le Gréal is quite simply a wine which is difficult to find: only 4,000 to 5,000 bottles are produced each year. It is made of 90% Syrah and 10% Marsanne. Ageing lasts between 18 to 24 months in barrels and the wine is not subject to filtration or fining. A very powerful wine, let it flourish for many years in the cellar to appreciate it to the maximum.

    Information about domain Marc Sorrel

    In the Hermitage appellation there are still some small-scale winegrowers cultivating their vineyards alongside the larger commercial operations. Marc Sorrel is one such producer and his Hermitage Le Gréal is now on par with the area’s best-known wines. In the early 1980s, Marc took over from his father who had decided, at the start of the 1970s, to produce and bottle his own wine instead of selling it to the trade. When his father died, he inherited some of the vineyards and bought just over one hectare of other parcels on the Colline de l’Hermitage. Today, he tends his old vines on some of the finest plots on the hillside meticulously and with a passion.

    Detailed characteristics

    • Quantity: 2 Bottles
    • Level: 2 into-neck
    • Label: 2 slightly marked label
    • Origin: Private individual
    • Type of cellar: Space in a wine storage facility
    • Recoverable VAT: No
    • Original Wooden Case / Original Case: No
    • French customs seal: yes
    • Alcohol percentage: 14 %
    • Country/Region: Rhône
    • Appellation/Wine: Hermitage
    • Producer/Owner: Marc Sorrel
    • Vintage: 2004
    • Color: Red
    • Peak: To drink
    • Service temperature: 16°
    • Viticulture: Environment friendly 
    • Size (in ha): 1.2
    • Volume: 4500 bottles
    • Intensity: Classic
    • Dominant aroma: Spices
    • Tasting occasion: Gastronomic wine
    • Grape variety: 100% Syrah

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    Hermitage Le Gréal Domaine Marc Sorrel 2004

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