It’s an unusual style of red Hermitage this year: smaller in structure and stature than a usual year. Again, as with other appellations, it’s primarily down to problems with ripening – Guillaume Sorrel said it didn’t rain at all on the hill of Hermitage in June, July or August, and Maxime Chapoutier remembers the mercury hitting 40 ̊C as early as June.
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<h3 style="text-align: center">Individual appellation analysis on:</h3>
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<p>‘It was a bit more difficult for whites as they don’t like drought,’ says Jean-Louis Chave. In contrast to the reds, the whites are often very concentrated and powerful, sometimes with confit notes like dried pear. It’s not always the most elegant vintage for white Hermitage, but the best are majestic, unmistakably Hermitage, and will be very long-lived.</p>
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<h3 style="text-align: left">Rhône 2022 score tables:</h3>
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<li style="text-align: left">Domaine JL Chave</li>
<li>Domaine Laurent Fayolle</li>
<li>Domaine Marc Sorrel</li>
<li>E Guigal</li>
<li style="text-align: left">M Chapoutier</li>
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<h2 style="text-align: left">Hermitage 2022 top value wines:</h2>
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Matt Walls’ top-scoring Hermitage 2022 wines:
The wines below scored 92 points and above, and are listed white then red in score order.
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