Ermitage l'Ermite Blanc 2010

The 2010 Ermitage l’Ermite Blanc, which comes from pure granite soils, is a perfect wine. This awesome white, made from pre-phylloxera vines that are not grafted onto American root stocks, offers notes of acacia flowers, orange and nectarine oils, a liquid rock-like component and a full-bodied, multidimensional and multilayered finish. As the great French wine critic Michel Bettane said about l’Ermite in many different vintages, it is 'greater than the greatest Montrachet.' This is a 50- to 75-year white wine.

Score: 100

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