Marc Sorrel, Hermitage Greal Vintage:2005 The 2001 Barolo Pajana offers

The 2001 Barolo Pajana offers up freshly cut flowers

The 2000 Barolo Riserva Le Rocche del Falletto is soft and quite open in feel

This is the first time they used the vats

moderate levels of acidity that segues to a very peppery and vivacious finish

This is almost as complex and aromatically pure as the ‘04 with notes of game

Marc Sorrel, Hermitage Greal Vintage:2005 The 2001 Barolo Pajana offersCrme de cassis and blackberry aromas sufficient to fill the room emerge on the nose of Sorrel's 2017 Hermitage Le Greal. Full bodied, rich, and supple, this is a lush, creamy wine that shows incredible intensity of flavor without excess weight. Underneath all of that plush fruit is a stony core of structure and myriad spicy complexities that should sustain it for decades to come.