Winery Louis Barruol - La Pierrelle Hermitage

Winery Louis BarruolLa Pierrelle Hermitage

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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters consider this wine to be one of the best in the region.
The La Pierrelle Hermitage of Winery Louis Barruol is a red wine from the region of Hermitage of Rhone Valley.
This wine generally goes well with beef, lamb or mature and hard cheese.
The La Pierrelle Hermitage of the Winery Louis Barruol is in the top 50 of wines of Hermitage.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

On the nose the La Pierrelle Hermitage of Winery Louis Barruol in the region of Rhone Valley often reveals types of flavors of earthy, blackberry or black cherries and sometimes also flavors of leather, cedar or non oak.

Details and technical informations about Winery Louis Barruol's La Pierrelle Hermitage.

Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Country
Style of wine
Allergens
Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: Caino blanco

Natural intraspecific crossing probably between the albarino and the sousão - synonyms black amaral, caino bravo, ... -. It should not be confused with the fernao pires as they both have the same synonym alvarinhao. It can be found in the northwest of Spain and in Portugal, more precisely in the Vinhos Verdes region, ... in France it is totally unknown.

Last vintages of this wine

La Pierrelle Hermitage - 2016
In the top 50 of of Hermitage wines
Average rating: 4.211110
La Pierrelle Hermitage - 2015
In the top 50 of of Hermitage wines
Average rating: 3.911110
La Pierrelle Hermitage - 2014
In the top 50 of of Hermitage wines
Average rating: 4.411110
La Pierrelle Hermitage - 2013
In the top 50 of of Hermitage wines
Average rating: 4.211110
La Pierrelle Hermitage - 2012
In the top 50 of of Hermitage wines
Average rating: 411110
La Pierrelle Hermitage - 2010
In the top 50 of of Hermitage wines
Average rating: 4.611110.5

The best vintages of La Pierrelle Hermitage from Winery Louis Barruol are 2010, 2014, 2016, 2013 and 2012.

Informations about the Winery Louis Barruol

The winery offers 16 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 4.1.
It is in the top 3 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Hermitage in the region of Rhone Valley

The Winery Louis Barruol is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 16 wines for sale in the of Hermitage to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Rhone Valley
In the top 20000 of of France wines
In the top 50 of of Hermitage wines
In the top 45000 of red wines
In the top 65000 wines of the world

The wine region of Hermitage

The wine region of Hermitage is located in the region of Rhône septentrional of Rhone Valley of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Jean-Louis Chave or the Domaine Jean-Louis Chave produce mainly wines red, white and sweet. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Hermitage are Marsanne, Roussanne and Mourvèdre, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Hermitage often reveals types of flavors of cherry, lavender or marzipan and sometimes also flavors of biscuits, yellow apple or petroleum.


The wine region of Rhone Valley

The Rhone Valley is a key wine-producing region in Southeastern France. It follows the North-south course of the Rhône for nearly 240 km, from Lyon to the Rhône delta (Bouches-du-Rhône), near the Mediterranean coast. The Length of the valley means that Rhône wines are the product of a wide variety of soil types and mesoclimates. The viticultural areas of the region cover such a distance that there is a widely accepted division between its northern and southern parts.

The word of the wine: Arching

A stage in the vegetative cycle of the vine that occurs after the leaves have fallen and is characterized by the drying out of the soft shoots, which are transformed into hard shoots by lignification.

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