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Ermitage l'Ermite Rouge 2011

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Tasting Notes

Tightly coiled, with a briary frame around the core of intense steeped plum, red currant and black cherry fruit. An iron spine drives the focused finish. A wine of cut and precision that will need time to stretch out fully. Best from 2016 through 2030.

Score: 97

James Molesworth, Wine Spectator Maturity: 2016-2030 31 May 2014

As expected, the 2011 Ermitage l’Ermite, which comes from the lieu-dit of the same name, is more backward and focused, with a slightly closed, tight profile. Slowly giving up ample cassis and black raspberry fruit, graphite, licorice and edgy minerality, it is full-bodied, deeply concentrated and tannic, yet still never puts a foot wrong and is perfectly balanced and seamless. Give it 3-4 years in the cellar and enjoy over the following two decades or more. (98+ Points)

Score: 98

Jeb Dunnuck, Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com Maturity: 2016-2036 01 December 2013

The opaque black/purple-tinged 2011 Ermitage l’Ermite offers a combination of crushed stones, crème de cassis, blackberry liqueur, barbecue smoke and roasted meats. It is a powerful, slightly austere, backward effort that will need 5-6 years of bottle age after its release next year. It may turn out to be a 30-50-year wine in a vintage that made relatively forward wines. In that sense, it is an outlier in this vintage.

Score: 95 - 98

Robert Parker, Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com 01 December 2012