Sociando Mallet other_regions Jean-Louis and Gerard Chave opened

Jean-Louis and Gerard Chave opened a bottle of the 2003 Hermitage Blanc to give me an idea of how this vintage is aging

It's a wine for fans of the style and needs several years in bottle to balance its tannins

and they used a little more grapes from La Horra

has exuberant notes of honeysuckle

Sociando Mallet other_regions Jean-Louis and Gerard Chave openedThe 2010 Sociando Mallet has a well defined, pure bouquet with blackberry, bilberry and light estuarine scents that gently waft from the glass. The palate is medium bodied with grainy tannins, a fine bead of acidity and good weight. It just needs more complexity and terroir expression on the finish. Give this another two or three years. This is one wine where I have encountered better bottles. Tasted blind at Farr Vintners 10 Year On Bordeaux