This deep and concentrated Syrah is loaded with meaty flavors of mulberry, iron, red fruits, pencil lead, and savory spice. Fifth-generation winemaker Bernard Faurie crafts this wine from 100-year-old fruit in Hermitage (an appellation whose wines he believes are nothing without a touch of Bessards in them). This wine is sturdy, dense, and marked by robust tannins and tight acidity.