l'Ermite Rouge
⏳ Drikkevindue
Typically best enjoyed 15 to 40 years from the vintage release, requiring at least a decade of cellaring to reveal its full complexity.
🍽️ Mad & Vin-match
Roasted venison, prime rib of beef, slow-cooked wild boar stew
✨ Tekniske specifikationer
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.
🍾 Om vinhuset / producenten
M. Chapoutier blev grundlagt i 1808 i Tain-l'Hermitage i Rhônedalen og har siden udviklet sig til et af Frankrigs mest berømte vinhuse. Husets internationale stjernestatus tog for alvor fart, da Michel Chapoutier overtog roret i 1990 med sin kompromisløse vision. Som pioner inden for biodynamisk vindyrkning og minimal intervention i vinkælderen er ejendommen særligt hyldet for sine enkeltmarks-aftapninger, 'sélections parcellaires', der formidler de fineste terroiregenskaber på tværs af Rhône og andre vinregioner. Chapoutier, der siden 1996 ikonisk har haft punktskrift (blindeskrift) på alle etiketter, skaber referencepunkter for druer som Syrah, Marsanne og Grenache i prestigiøse appellationer som Hermitage, Côte-Rôtie og Châteauneuf-du-Pape.
🍇 Grape Varieties
100% Syrah
🍷 Alkoholprocent (ABV)
13.5% - 14.5%