2020 Ermitage L'Ermite
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Tasting Notes
With the L’Ermite Rouge, the key word is elegance. It's dominated by very pure black fruit, with cassis and blackberry notes, some white flowers and a peppery note. It has a slick, inky, mineral profile from the granite soils of this plot. Aromatically elegant and pure, structurally chiselled and smooth, this is very fine indeed.
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Matt Walls, Decanter
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Fresh, flinty aroma with blackcurrant underneath - an enlivening nose. Great harmony, incisive freshness and remarkable drive, the fruit is fresh, pure and concentrated. Totally seamless on the palate, with incredible textural finesse and length. A profound Hermitage in the making, perhaps not one of great weight and authority, but one of incredible tension, freshness and precision. If 2019 was Thor, 2020 is Loki. Like all of the 2020 reds, its fruitiness and approachable structure will make many want to drink this young. You can, but this has serious ageing potential.
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About the producer
M. Chapoutier is one of the Rhône’s most famous and established producers. The company produces an incredibly broad range of wines at every price point – from everyday Côtes du Rhône to its top single-vineyard cuvées, both from estate-owned vineyards and purchased fruit.