Ex Voto Blanc
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Typically best enjoyed from 8 to 25+ years from the vintage, as this monumental white requires several years of cellaring to shed its youthful oak and fully reveal its complex, tertiary character.
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Rich seafood dishes such as butter-poached lobster, classic French veal sweetbreads in a creamy wild mushroom sauce, or roasted Bresse chicken with morels.
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E. Guigal's Hermitage 'Ex Voto' Blanc is a monumental white wine born from the legendary, sun-drenched slopes of the Hermitage hill in the Northern Rhône. The name 'Ex Voto'—Latin for 'in fulfillment of a vow'—pays homage to the historical and spiritual heritage of the hill, famously crowned by the chapel of the 13th-century crusader knight Gaspard de Stérimberg. Produced only in exceptional vintages, this rare cuvée is crafted predominantly from ancient Marsanne vines (around 90%) blended with a touch of Roussanne, sourced from the prestigious, steep lieux-dits of Les Bessards, L'Hermite, Maison Blanche, and Le Méal. The wine undergoes an intensive vinification process, including fermentation and an astonishing 30 months of aging in 100% new French oak barrels. This meticulous craftsmanship yields an incredibly rich, powerful, and complex white wine defined by notes of honey, acacia, white peaches, toasted brioche, and a profound, stony minerality reflecting its granitic and limestone terroir.
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Founded in 1946 by Étienne Guigal in the ancient village of Ampuis, Domaine E. Guigal has become one of the Rhône Valley's most illustrious and influential wine estates. Now managed by Marcel and Philippe Guigal, the family is headquartered at the historic Château d'Ampuis, where they craft legendary wines that define the northern and southern Rhône. The estate is globally renowned for its iconic Côte-Rôtie single-vineyard bottlings—La Mouline, La Turque, and La Landonne—as well as the opulent Condrieu La Doriane. Their uncompromising production philosophy emphasizes extremely long barrel aging in their custom, in-house cooperage, resulting in wines of extraordinary depth, structure, and longevity.