2001 Delas Frères Hermitage Les Bessards is such a disappointing #wine. Second bottle and consistent with the one before. Hollow midpalate, short finish, weak fruit, slightly shrill acidity upon opening and not much other than some sour cherry, bacon fat and ground pepper on the palate...all of it kind of flabby to boot. This is not a good wine in Hermitage terms in any vintage. But to have made this from a banner vintage like 2001 just boggles my mind. Based on this and other Delas wines in the last few years, Delas has now joined Chapoutier (although for different reasons) as a producer I will not buy again. What a shame. #vin #france #redwine #vinrouge #rhone #rhonenord #northernrhone #hermitage #delas #lesbessards #2001 #winesofinstagram