Marc Sorrel winery
Today Domaine Marc Sorrel produces two Hermitage Rouge wines and two Hermitage white wines. Marc Sorrel Hermitage Rouge is produced from mostly vines located in the Les Bessards, Les Greffieux, and Les Plantiers lieux-dits. The fruit is always destemmed. The wines are aged in used, French oak barrels for 12 months. Marc Sorrel Le Greal comes from vines in the Le Meal vineyard, on a terroir of steep hillsides with granite, limestone, sand, and clay soils. The wine is a blend of 95% old vine Syrah and 5% Marsanne, although the amount of Marsanne in the blend varies, depending on the vintage. The Marsanne grapes are planted in the Les Rocoules lieu-dit. The vines are on average 60 years of age. The grapes are whole-cluster fermented. Marc Sorrel Hermitage Blanc is made from 100% Marsanne from vines that average close to 35 years of age. The wine is aged in used; French oak casks that are usually 3 to 4 years old. Marc Sorrel Hermitage Blanc Les Rocoules is produced from a blend of 90% Marsanne and 10% Roussanne. The vines are old at an average of 50 years of age. The wine is vinified in large, French barrels and is aged on its fine lees for a portion of the aging period. On average, the wine is aged for 18 months before bottling. The production is small as only 75 cases of wine are produced on average each vintage.