2006 Hermitage Domaine Gambert de Loche
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Mushroom and soy with overripe red fruit and still quite a lot of tannin. A little awkward and grainy, but the development of the nose is delicious and expressive. (RH)
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Richard Hemming MW, jancisrobinson.com
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Deeper in color than the Grand Classique, with more minerality, black olive, bacon fat, wood smoke and charcoal, the 2006 Hermitage Gambert de Loche is medium to full-bodied, concentrated and edgy, with plenty of tannin and acidity. It doesn’t have the sheer wealth of material found in the Epsilon, but it's still a beautiful, classically built Hermitage that has another 15+ years of life.
Elegant, restrained nose, blackberries and minerals. A bit backward and hard to assess, but maybe a mine of potential. Dec 2009, www.decanter.com