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Ermitage l'Ermite, Maison M. Chapoutier 2011

Tasting Notes

As expected, the 2011 Ermitage l'Ermite, which comes from the lieu-dit of the same name, is more backward and focused, with a slightly closed, tight profile. Slowly giving up ample cassis and black raspberry fruit, graphite, licorice and edgy minerality, it is full-bodied, deeply concentrated and tannic, yet still never puts a foot wrong and is perfectly balanced and seamless. Give it 3-4 years in the cellar and enjoy over the following two decades or more. Drink: 2016 - 2036

98+
Jeb Dunnuck, Wine Advocate (210), December 2013

The opaque black/purple-tinged 2011 Ermitage l'Ermite offers a combination of crushed stones, creme de cassis, blackberry liqueur, barbecue smoke and roasted meats. It is a powerful, slightly austere, backward effort that will need 5-6 years of bottle age after its release next year. It may turn out to be a 30-50-year wine in a vintage that made relatively forward wines. In that sense, it is an outlier in this vintage.

95/98
Robert Parker, Wine Advocate (204), December 2012
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