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m. chapoutier, hermitage, l'ermite rouge 2012
ROBERT PARKER'S WINE ADVOCATE
100

2012 m. chapoutier, hermitage, l'ermite rouge

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M. Chapoutier captures the best of the Hermitage appellation and distills it into a single bottle of wine. The biodynamic syrah produces a symphony of rich flavors and aromas. Wine critic Robert Parker has christened this $300+ red wine with three six perfect scores since 1996. (Fun Fact: M. Chapoutier also makes l'Emerite Blanc, which has earned the most 100-point ratings from Parker (11)).

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ROBERT PARKER'S WINE ADVOCATE
100

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate

Another wine that topped out on my scale, the 523-case 2012 Ermitage l'Ermite is as profound an Hermitage as you can find. Coming from the granite soils located around the Chapel on the top of Hermitage hill, it's always the most tight, backward and structured of the releases, even more so than the Pavillon, which always seems to have another layer of sweet fruit to me. The 2012 is deeper and richer than the 2011, yet as with most 2012s, it more approachable and forward than the 2010 (and 2009 in this case). Exhibiting awesome notes of powdered rock, creme de cassis, liquid violets and lite gunpowder, it hits the palate with full-bodied richness, awesome mid-palate depth and building, ultra-fine tannin that frame the finish. It's an incredible wine that will won't start to become approachable until a decade after the vintage, and then will keep for three decades.