l'Ermite Rouge
⏳ Drinking Window
Typically best enjoyed 15 to 40 years from the vintage release, requiring at least a decade of cellaring to reveal its full complexity.
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Roasted venison, prime rib of beef, slow-cooked wild boar stew
✨ Technical Specifications
Perched at the very summit of the legendary Hermitage hill, surrounding the historic chapel built by the 13th-century crusader-turned-hermit Gaspard de Stérimberg, lies the l'Ermite vineyard. This iconic 'sélection parcellaire' from M. Chapoutier is sourced from ancient, biodynamically farmed Syrah vines, some exceeding a century in age, anchored in poor, granitic soils. The wine is crafted with meticulous care, undergoing traditional fermentation in concrete vats before aging in French oak barrels. It yields an incredibly deep, structured, and complex Hermitage, renowned for its intense granite-driven minerality, dark black fruits, ink, and savory spice notes that represent the absolute pinnacle of Northern Rhône Syrah.
🍾 About the Producer
Founded in 1808 in Tain-l'Hermitage in the Rhône Valley, M. Chapoutier has grown into one of France's most celebrated wine houses, propelled to international acclaim following Michel Chapoutier's visionary leadership in 1990. A pioneer in biodynamic viticulture and minimal-intervention winemaking, the estate is revered for its single-vineyard 'sélections parcellaires' that articulate the purest nuances of individual terroirs across the Rhône and beyond. Iconic for incorporating Braille script on every label since 1996, Chapoutier produces benchmark expressions of Syrah, Marsanne, and Grenache across prestigious appellations including Hermitage, Côte-Rôtie, and Châteauneuf-du-Pape.
🍇 Grape Varieties
100% Syrah
🍷 Alcohol By Volume (ABV)
13.5% - 14.5%