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2020 M. Chapoutier, Hermitage, l'Ermite Rouge
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Start Your Wine Collection with 2020 M. Chapoutier, Hermitage, l'Ermite Rouge
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Why We're Buying
M. Chapoutier Ermitage l’Ermite has earned nearly a dozen perfect scores from wine critics. Yet, in 2020, the estate decided to tinker with perfection. The 2020 vintage marks the first vintage to keep some of the stems, adding a slightly herby touch to a nose loaded with cassis, blueberries, black cherries, violets, pepper, granite, and smoke. The result: a 100-point wine in the eyes of Jeb Dunnuck. In his review, Dunnuck praised the vintage as “heavenly stuff” and as “another legendary wine from the team at Chapoutier.” This praise shouldn’t come as a surprise considering the legendary status of this syrah and its immaculate blend of tension, freshness, and focus. However, anyone in search of instant gratification should pass on 2020 l’Ermite. It’s reserved for only those willing to exercise their patience in pursuit of the ultimate Rhône. The Final Sip: Even with a slight tweak to the recipe, 2020 l’Ermite maintains its status as an icon of Rhône wine.
Critics Scores
Decanter
Fresh, flinty aroma with blackcurrant underneath - an enlivening nose. Great harmony, incisive freshness and remarkable drive, the fruit is fresh, pure and concentrated. Totally seamless on the palate, with incredible textural finesse and length. A profound Hermitage in the making, perhaps not one of great weight and authority, but one of incredible tension, freshness and precision. If 2019 was Thor, 2020 is Loki. Like all of the 2020 reds, its fruitiness and approachable structure will make many want to drink this young. You can, but this has serious ageing potential.
Jeb Dunnuck
The inky hued 2020 Ermitage L’Ermite is heavenly stuff, but as usual, it’s not for the instant gratification crowd. It’s also the first vintage where they’ve kept some stems as well, although it’s impossible to tell at this young stage. Vibrant and pure cassis and blue fruits as well as powdered stone and liquid rock-like characteristics define this primordial yet flawlessly put together Hermitage. It has a finish that won’t quit and is another legendary wine from the team at Chapoutier.
Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
The pure cassis fruit comes across as almost a bit one-dimensional, but that one fruit dimension is so broad and deep as to make any objections mere quibbles. Full-bodied and tannic, marked by a granite-rooted sense of austerity, the wine finishes silky, long and vibrant—another tour de force from one of Hermitage's most privileged sites.