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  • Country ranking ?

    531
  • Producer ranking ?

    21
  • Decanting time

    2h
  • When to drink

    now to 2035
  • Food Pairing

    Goat's cheese

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The Story

This wine is made from a selection of Chapoutier's oldest Marsanne (some more than 100 years old) situated at the top of the Hermitage hill, behind the chapel, in a place named the Ermite with very poor granite and shallow soils (gore) where there is no alluvium deposited by the Rhône River. The very poor, granite soil therefore yields powerful,  more austere wines than those from Ermitage in the other selections. This is the most structured of Michel's white Hermitage and the rarest of all his wines. It shows great elegance and intense minerality typical of concentrated Marsanne.

Grape variety

Marsanne from our oldest vines (some more than 100 years old)

 Soil

Situated at the top of the hermitage hill, around the chapel, in a place named the Ermite on a very poor granitic soils (gore)

 Harvesting

Hand harvesting

 Vinification

After pressing, the must is cold-racked for 24 hours. Fermentation in 50% new casks, the rest in vats at temperature between 20 and 22° C.

 Maturing

Before bottling, the maturing in casks is checked by frequent tasting. Maturation on lees (100 % new oak) with regular stirring for 8 to 12 months. Then 6 months ageing in bottle. 

 Ageing potential: +25 years

 Matching food

Seafood (crayfish & lobster). Foie gras. White meat and creamy sauce. Curry and spicy dishes. Goat's cheese, blue cheese.

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Latest Pro-tasting notes

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Tasting note

color

Deep, Ruby red and Healthy

ending

Long, Extensive and Pure

flavors

Blackberry, Pepper, Plum, Meaty, Mineral and Herbs

nose

Youthful, Fresh, Opulent and Generous

taste

Perfectly balanced, Complex, Good texture, Youthful, Focused, Fresh, Fragrant and Silky tannins

Verdict

Exotic and Outstanding

Written Notes

Good looking normal size bottle, in an excellent condition and has by the neck level. Colour is ruby red, and looking healthy and deep. On the nose it is youthful, generous, round, opulent and fresh. The taste is fresh, focused, fragrant, powerful, with silky tannins, with perfectly balanced, good texture, complex structure and youthful. On the palate it is layered and has blackberry, mineral, meaty, pepper, herbs, tropical fruits and plum flavours. The finish is long, extensive, pure and spicy. This wine is exotic, outstanding and fine. Perfectly stored bottles are still very worthy and will last well for another 20-30 years and decant at least 2h before tasting.
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Origin

Cornas, Rhône

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