2015 Michèle Luyton Hermitage Cuvée Allegresse

The star of the show, the smoking good 2015 Hermitage Allegresse is also 100% Syrah, yet was brought up all in new oak. This inky beauty offers an incredibly rich, powerful, muscular style as well as tons of currants, liquid rock, graphite and scorched earth aromas and flavors. With huge richness, a rounded, expansive texture, and loads of tannin, it's one seriously impressive Hermitage that's going to blossom with 2-4 years of cellaring and keep for two to three decades.