Ex Voto Blanc
⏳ Drinking Window
2025 - 2045
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Rich seafood dishes such as butter-poached lobster, classic French veal sweetbreads in a creamy wild mushroom sauce, or roasted Bresse chicken with morels.
✨ Technical Specifications
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.
🍾 About the Producer
Established in 1946 by Étienne Guigal in the historic village of Ampuis, Maison Guigal has grown into an undisputed titan of the Rhône Valley, elevated to global renown under Marcel Guigal and currently guided by third-generation winemaker Philippe Guigal. Anchored at the restored 12th-century Château d'Ampuis, the estate oversees 75 hectares of prime northern Rhône vineyards alongside a benchmark négociant operation. The family's viticulture is practiced via sustainable lutte raisonnée across dramatically steep, hand-worked amphitheaters comprising mica-schist, granite, and loess terraces. In the cellar, Guigal is famous for uncompromising patient élevage, maturing premier cuvées in custom barrels produced at their in-house cooperage for up to 40 months. Their legendary single-vineyard Côte-Rôties—La Mouline, La Landonne, and La Turque—remain global pinnacles of Syrah, mirrored in white viticulture by the opulent Condrieu La Doriane and the monumental Ermitage Ex-Voto Blanc.
🍇 Grapes
Marsanne, Roussanne