Hermitage Cuvee Emilie Remizieres

Fourth-generation family estate in Mercurol, 30 hectares across Crozes-Hermitage, Saint-Joseph and Hermitage; Émilie Desmeure makes the wine and her brother Christophe tends the vines. First made in 1973 and named after Émilie, this Hermitage is 100% Syrah from Les Grandes Vignes (granite, about 40 years old) and Les Rocoules (alluvial soils, over 80 years old), destemmed, 28 to 30 days on skins, 15 months in new barrels. Jeb Dunnuck says the estate needs to be on every reader`s short list.