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KERMIT LYNCH WINE MERCHANT

Technical Information

Wine Blend Vine Age Soil Type Vineyard Area*
Crozes-Hermitage
“Les Tiercerolles”
Syrah 30 - 50 years Granite N/A
Crozes-Hermitage
Les Batits
Syrah 40 - 50 years Sandy loam N/A
Crozes-Hermitage
Tenay
Syrah 30-50 years Granite N/A
Crozes-Hermitage
Goutay
Syrah Planted in 1980 Granite N/A
Crozes-Hermitage
Habrard
Syrah 50 years average Granite N/A
Crozes-Hermitage
Gervans
Syrah N/A
Côte Rôtie
“Les Roses”
Syrah 30 - 50 years Schist N/A
Côte Rôtie
“La Boisselée”
Syrah 30 - 50 years Schist N/A
Côte Rôtie
“La Dorée”
Syrah 30 - 50 years Schist N/A
Côte Rôtie
La Viaillère
Syrah 30-50 years Schist N/A
Côte Rôtie
Nève
Syrah 30 years Schist N/A
Côte Rôtie
Besset
Syrah 40 years Mica Schist N/A
Côte Rôtie
Fongeant
Syrah N/A
Hermitage Blanc
La Pierrelle
Marsanne 80 years Limestone N/A
Hermitage
La Pierrelle
Syrah 30 - 50 years Granite N/A
* "ha" = hectares; one hectare equals roughly two and a half acres

VITICULTURE / VINIFICATION

• All wines are hand-harvested and sorted during harvest
• Maceration lasts 2 or 3 weeks
• Fermentation takes place in cement tank
• Wines are aged on average for 15 months in Burgundy barrels
• New barrels are introduced to rotation occasionally as needed, with the goal of minimizing new oak influence
• Wines are not fined or filtered

Crozes-Hermitage “Tiercerolles”
• “Tiercerolles” is an old French word for a barrel
2020: a blend of three different lieux-dits: 45% Mercurol, 45% Martinelle, 10% Habrard
2017 and 2018: a blend of several lieux-dits including Gervans, Tenay, Mercurol, Habrard, and Batits
2016: a blend of 12 barrels: 4 from Besset, 2 from Batits, 3 from Habrard, 3 from Mercurol

Côte Rôtie “Les Roses”
2020: a blend of three different lieux-dits: 75% Rosier, 20% • Grand Vigne, 5% Tilleuil
2017: a blend of 3 barrels: 1 from Fongeant, 2 from Champin
2010 : a blend of the Buffin, Brosse-Champin, and Fongeant
2009: a blend of the lieux-dits Fongeant and Rozier

Côte Rôtie “La Boisselée”
2019: 3 barrels from Grande Vigne, 3 from Bercheries, 3 from Besset 3 from Tilleul
2018: 1 barrel from La Viaillère, 2 from Le Plomb, 2 from Besset, 2 from Champin, 1 from Fongeant, 1 from Bodin
2017: 1 barrel from La Viaillère, 2 from Le Plomb, 2 from Besset
2016: 2 barrels from La Viaillère, 2 from Fongeant, 1 from Besset, 3 from Semons, 1 from Le Plomb, 3 from Nève
2015: 2 barrels from from La Viaillère, 2 from Fongeant
2014: 2 barrels from from Besset, 2 from Semons, and 1 from Le Plomb
2013: a blend of Buffin, Bodin, and La Viaillère
2010: a blend of Le Plomb, Nève, La Viaillère, and Champin
2009: a blend of the Labrosses and Champin

Côte Rôtie “La Dorée”
2017: sourced from lieux-dits Nève and Semons
2011: sourced from lieu-dit Le Plomb
2009: a blend of lieux-dits Viaillère and Champin

Hermitage Blanc La Pierrelle
• Fermented in Burgundian barrels
• Wine is not racked, fined, or filtered before bottling

Hermitage Rouge La Pierrelle
La Pierrelle is a lieu-dit at the top of the hill of Hermitage, facing south-southwest, with a granite soil and galet stones
• The name, Pierrelle, refers to stones (pierre in French), and the stoney nature of the vineyard

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