Chapoutier Monier de La Sizeranne 2003 £37.00
Chapoutier is always the last Hermitage winemaker to pick - hence his famed estate-bottled Hermitage has a remarkable intensity and depth of fruit. The vines which offer up this sublime Syrah are deeply rooted in the granite and mica soils which define the region's finest vineyards. Exceptional nose of crushed berry, grilled bacon, cinnamon, mineral and saddle leather notes - breathtaking!