With a tall tightened bowl The Hermitage glass is perfect for medium level alcohol spicy white pepper sweet black fruit nose of great cool climate northern Rhone reds. The conflicting need to buffer alcohol against the desire to concentrate the pleasurable exotic nose of cool climate syrah is beautifully achieved by them. The Hermitage glass. This glass is not appropriate for the high alcohol great wines of the southern Rhone. Like all the whisper light Hermitage glass is hand-made in Europe of brilliant lead-free crystal. Height 9.25 in. Capacity 20 oz. Recommended for: Amarone Barbera Chateauneuf-du-Pape Cornas Cote Rotie Crozes-Hermitage Grenache Hermitage Malbec Mourvedre Petit Sirah Priorat Shiraz Syrah and St. Joseph