Ferraton Signature Hermitage Les Miaux 2020

The oak use feels quite dominant here, it sits above the fruit, although improves on the palate which is soft and perfectly ripe. Powerful, with slightly raised alcohol, which is disguised a little by the firm beam of acidity. Persistent fruit with a robust tannic structure, dark chocolate tannins and flavour on the finish. Clay limestone subsoil overlaid with alluvial pebbles. Destemmed, fermented in concrete vats and aged in barrels, 10% new.

The 2020 Hermitage Les Miaux has a ripe, rounded, pure style that certainly has lots to love. Offering classic blackberry and cassis fruit (maybe even some black cherry) as well as spice and loamy earth, it’s wonderfully textured, has ripe tannins, and a great finish.