Coffret 3 Ermite Assortment Case
⏳ Drinking Window
2024 - 2035
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Slow-braised beef short ribs, roasted rack of lamb with wild herbs, or roasted venison loin.
✨ Technical Specifications
The 'Coffret 3 Ermite' from M. Chapoutier is a prestigious showcase of one of the world's most legendary single-vineyard wines: Ermitage 'L'Ermite' Rouge. Sourced from the very top of the historic Hermitage hill, near the iconic chapel, this 100% Syrah cuvée is grown on poor, granitic soils that force the ancient vines to dig deep for nutrients. The hill itself is steeped in lore, named after the 13th-century knight Gaspard de Stérimberg, who returned wounded from the Crusades to live as a hermit and tend these steep slopes. Michel Chapoutier, a pioneer of biodynamic viticulture, crafts this monument of a wine using extremely low yields, traditional fermentation in concrete vats, and extended aging in oak casks. Each bottle also features Chapoutier's signature braille labeling, a tribute to Maurice de La Sizeranne. The resulting wine is incredibly deep, characterized by intense notes of black fruits, graphite, cold ashes, and exquisite spices.
🍾 About the Producer
Established in 1808 in Tain-l'Hermitage, Maison M. Chapoutier was transformed into a global benchmark for terroir-driven viticulture after Michel Chapoutier took charge in 1990. Operating on the motto 'Fac & Spera' (Do and Hope), the estate became an early, outspoken pioneer of biodynamic farming in 1991 across its extensive estate vineyards. Rooted along the granite terraces, fluvioglacial alluvial soils, and limestone outcrops of the northern and southern Rhône Valley, Chapoutier crafts transparent, single-vineyard bottlings (sélections parcellaires) alongside international ventures in regions like Portugal's Douro Valley. Winemaking favors indigenous yeasts, gentle extraction, and minimal intervention to preserve purity of origin, often eschewing new wood in favor of neutral oak casks or concrete vats. Benchmark cuvées—famed for their tactile Braille labeling introduced in 1994—include Hermitage icons such as Le Méal Blanc, De l'Orée, Les Greffieux, and Côte-Rôtie's La Mordorée, epitomizing tension, minerality, and structural longevity.
🍇 Grapes
Syrah (min 90%)