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2010 Chapoutier Ermitage l'Ermite Marsanne
Marsanne: 1500ml
$799.99
about this wine:
As I have written many times, all of these wines are produced from rigidly cultivated, bio-dynamically managed vineyards. That has been the rule since Michel Chapoutier first took over this firm in the late 1980s. Now, with over 20 years of biodynamic viticulture under his belt, Chapoutier remains committed to this rather radical style of organic farming. He believes the effect is to reduce rot in damp, rainy vintages. Moreover, he has observed that after 10 to 15 years of biodynamic farming, the natural acids tend to be more vivid and the overall pH of the soils (as well as the wines) has dropped. Controversial, outspoken and brutally candid, Chapoutier, who suffers no fools, continues to admirably produce wines that are among the finest in the world and potentially the longest lived. Refusing to acidify, chaptalize, or touch the wines in any way, he clearly wants every wine to capture the very essence of its terroir and vintage personality. In this, he succeeds remarkably.
points awarded:
ST 94-96 WA 100100 points,
Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, December 2012
The 2010 Ermitage l'Ermite Blanc, which comes from pure granite soils, is a perfect wine. This awesome white, made from pre-phylloxera vines that are not grafted onto American root stocks, offers notes of acacia flowers, orange and nectarine oils, a liquid rock-like component and a full-bodied, multidimensional and multilayered finish. As the great French wine critic Michel Bettane said about l'Ermite in many different vintages, it is "greater than the greatest Montrachet." This is a 50- to 75-year white wine. -Robert Parker
94 -96 points,
Stephen Tanzer's IWC, March 2012
Light yellow-gold. Pungent aromas of dried pit fruits, white truffle, smoky minerals and iodine. Deep and mouthfilling, with a tactile quality and explosive peach, pear and floral flavors. Expands impressively on the back half, showing velvety texture and excellent focus on the smoky, relentless finish. This complex, palate-staining wine could do some damage in a tasting of grand cru white Burgundies.
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