Laurent Fayolle

Hermitage Blanc "Les Diognieres"

Hermitage Blanc "Les Diognieres"

Hermitage Blanc Les Diognieres
  • Certified organic
  • 90% Marsanne, 10% Rousanne
  • From a 0.2 ha parcel at the foot of the “Les Diognieres” section of Hermitage
  • 75+ year old vines
  • Silt and silice soils
  • Indigenous yeast
  • Fermented and aged in 1-3-year-old barrels

Info

Producer:
Vintage:
2024
Country:
France
Region:
Rhone (Northern)
Appellation:
Hermitage
Variety:
Blend - Rhone
Color:
White
Farming Practice:
Practicing Organic

Sizes Available

Full Bottle FR-FAY-13-24 12/750ml

Resources

Press & Reviews

Decanter
Score
95
Date
2025-11-27
"Creamy apricot and cashew notes. Generous, lush and with weight but also lift and freshness. Good sense of tension, then finishes gently saline with firm acidity; a persistent, mineral finish. From a 0.18ha plot of 70-year-old Marsanne at the foot of the Hermitage slope. Malolactic is completed."

REVIEWS FROM PAST VINTAGES

Decanter
Score
95
Date
2022-06-01
Wine Spectator
Score
95
Date
2022-01-01
Wine Advocate
Score
94
Date
2022-05-25
Decanter
Score
94
Date
2023-01-01
Jeb Dunnuck
Score
93
Date
2022-02-17
Jeb Dunnuck
Score
90
Date
2024-03-28
"Exotic red and black fruits, incense, leather, pepper, and cedary herb notes all emerge from Fayolle's 2021 Hermitage Les Diognières, a medium-bodied Hermitage that has plenty of ripe tannins, good overall balance, and outstanding length. It certainly plays in the fresher, elegant end of the spectrum but should still benefit from a few years of bottle age and have 10-12+ years of overall prime drinking. The Les Diognières lies on the eastern side of the appellation, lower down on the slope, similar to Les Greffieux with its deeper soils."