As in 2016, my favorite of the white parcel selections this year is the 2017 Ermitage l'Ermite Blanc (231 cases produced), as it perfectly balances richness and power with refinement and structure. Toasted brioche and citrus marmalade, honey and truffle notes deliver sheer full-bodied, mouth-filling decadence, supported by austere notes of crushed granite, zesty grapefruit rind and cooling brine. Huge and intense yet refreshing, it's the essence of granite-grown Marsanne.
Drinking Window: 2018 - 2040
Reviewer Name: Joe Czerwinski
Review Date: 31st October 2018
A soaring wine of awesome character, this is hugely impressive. Aromatically this is tighter, straighter, more floral than it's white Hermitage siblings, bringing to mind stone more readily than fruit. Full bodied in the mouth but nonetheless athletic with an intense mineral drive. Very long, very fresh, with a soaring, saline, mineral finish. An epic wine that may be worthy of a perfect score.
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- Year 2017
- Colour White
- Country France
- Region Rhone
- Sub Region Hermitage
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- Classification
- Pack Size 6x75cl
- ABV 14.00°
- Drinking Window 2018 - 2040
- Drinking Recommendation Drinking Now, will improve
- LWIN 110964520170600750
- Reviews (2)
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100 Wine Advocate
As in 2016, my favorite of the white parcel selections this year is the 2017 Ermitage l'Ermite Blanc (231 cases produced), as it perfectly balances richness and power with refinement and structure. Toasted brioche and citrus marmalade, honey and truffle notes deliver sheer full-bodied, mouth-filling decadence, supported by austere notes of crushed granite, zesty grapefruit rind and cooling brine. Huge and intense yet refreshing, it's the essence of granite-grown Marsanne.
Drinking Window: 2018 - 2040
Reviewer Name: Joe Czerwinski
Review Date: 31st October 2018
99 DecanterA soaring wine of awesome character, this is hugely impressive. Aromatically this is tighter, straighter, more floral than it's white Hermitage siblings, bringing to mind stone more readily than fruit. Full bodied in the mouth but nonetheless athletic with an intense mineral drive. Very long, very fresh, with a soaring, saline, mineral finish. An epic wine that may be worthy of a perfect score.
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About Maison M.Chapoutier
Established in 1808, M. Chapoutier is one of the oldest producers in the Rhône Valley. But its current worldwide fame - and the quality of its wines today - can be credited to the arrival of Michel Chapoutier in 1990. His willingness to change established practices - plus his determination to reflect the full potential of individual terroirs - has cemented his reputation as one of the greatest winemakers in the world.
The seventh-generation bearing the Chapoutier name to craft wines within the Rhône, it is reasonable to say that Michel Chapoutier is one of the most important figures not only within his native region, but the whole of France given his impact on the world’s fine wine scene.
Travelling extensively throughout both the Old and New wine producing worlds in his youth, Michel returned to the Northern Rhône with both vigorous passion for his craft as well as extensive knowledge gathered from hundreds of traditional and revolutionary vignerons from around the globe. The most important, lasting lesson learnt was the importance of terroir and the expression of nature’s nuances – a principle clearly evident throughout the modern Chapoutier offerings.
Setting about purchasing shares in his family company until he possessed a managing control, the first act of this masterful figure at the helm of Chapoutier was a revolutionary conversion of the entire estate to biodynamic principles in order to respect and encourage the terroir. An unprecedented move considered to be extraordinarily risky at the time, today many of its peers are merely playing catch-up to this imperious producer at the very height of its powers.
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