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M. Chapoutier L'Ermite Rouge 2021.
Product Code:
PFW5000
Country:
France / Rhone Valley.
Appellation:
Hermitage.
GRAPE VARIETIES:
100% Syrah.
RATINGS:
95-97 Wine Advocate Points.
SIZE:
6 x 75 cl
£1,020.00
Unlike in some vintages, there's no stem inclusion in the 2021 Ermitage l'Ermite. It's still plenty complex, with hints of crushed stone joining boysenberries and blueberries on the nose. Medium to full-bodied, this is intense, crunchy-textured, bright and taut in the mouth, then silky on the finish.
No matter how much time one spends with Michel Chapoutier, he always manages to say something surprising. As an owner of biodynamically farmed properties in the Rhône, a participant in several joint ventures, a proprietor in numerous wine regions, owner of a large négociant business and a former president of Inter Rhône (the region's trade body), he has a global perspective that's probably unmatched in the Rhône.
Interestingly, on my latest visit, Chapoutier mentioned that he believes "Clairette is the real white grape of the south," despite not currently selling any wines that are majority Clairette. Unless those were empty words—not something I normally associate with him—I'd guess that may change going forward.
These reviews are based on several visits with him and his winemaking team over the past couple of years, so they encompass some previously released wines tasted as tank samples as well as current and forthcoming releases.
Joe Czerwinski, The Wine Advocate, Published: May 16, 2024.
Unlike in some vintages, there's no stem inclusion in the 2021 Ermitage l'Ermite. It's still plenty complex, with hints of crushed stone joining boysenberries and blueberries on the nose. Medium to full-bodied, this is intense, crunchy-textured, bright and taut in the mouth, then silky on the finish.
No matter how much time one spends with Michel Chapoutier, he always manages to say something surprising. As an owner of biodynamically farmed properties in the Rhône, a participant in several joint ventures, a proprietor in numerous wine regions, owner of a large négociant business and a former president of Inter Rhône (the region's trade body), he has a global perspective that's probably unmatched in the Rhône.
Interestingly, on my latest visit, Chapoutier mentioned that he believes "Clairette is the real white grape of the south," despite not currently selling any wines that are majority Clairette. Unless those were empty words—not something I normally associate with him—I'd guess that may change going forward.
These reviews are based on several visits with him and his winemaking team over the past couple of years, so they encompass some previously released wines tasted as tank samples as well as current and forthcoming releases.
Joe Czerwinski, The Wine Advocate, Published: May 16, 2024.
All our wines are stored in our importers bonded warehouse, which have the optimum environment for fine wine storage, by carefully regulating temperature, humidity and other microclimatic factors.
As such, please allow between 7 and 10 days for your delivery to arrive.
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