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A household name in the Rhone Valley Chapoutier produces this wine with a couple of its most notable grapes, grenache and syrah. The result is a robust and elegant wine with intense ruby colour. Look for aromas and flavours of dark fruit, coffee beans, tar, licorice and jam notes, silky tannins and a pleasant finish.
From pre-phylloxera Marsanne vines that are over 100 years of age and are not planted on American root stocks, the 2009 Ermitage l'Ermite Blanc (229 cases) reveals abundant notes of honeysuckle, a liqueur of wet stones, tannin (which no doubt comes from the sappiness in these old vines), extraordinary minerality, white fruits, quince and citrus oil. This amazing white wine must be tasted to be believed. It is so structured, intense and rich that it will unquestionably keep for a century. Score - 100. (Robert Parker Jr., robertparker.com, Dec. 22, 2011)
The most concentrated 2008 Ermitage is Le Pavillon (915 cases). Backward as well as elegant, it offers up scents of blueberries, blackberries, camphor, black truffles and earth. The wine is medium to full-bodied, moderately tannic and, atypically, capable of lasting 20-25+ years. Drink date: 2011-2036. Score - 93. (Robert Parker Jr., robertparker.com, Feb. 27, 2011)
Surely a 100-point wine in nearly any other context, the 2015 Ermitage le Pavillon is a terrific wine. Full-bodied and intense, it offers tremendous notes of crushed stone, mocha and ripe plum given shape and texture by powerful yet ripe tannins. The finish is nearly endless, oozing with essence of granite and balanced by bright acids. Wow. Drink date: 2028-2050. Score - 99+. (Joe Czerwinski, robertparker.com, Dec. 29, 2017)
The most concentrated 2008 Ermitage is Le Pavillon (915 cases). Backward as well as elegant, it offers up scents of blueberries, blackberries, camphor, black truffles and earth. The wine is medium to full-bodied, moderately tannic and, atypically, capable of lasting 20-25+ years. Drink date: 2011-2036. Score - 93. (Robert Parker Jr., robertparker.com, Feb. 27, 2011)
Sharing some similarities to the le Meal (yet its from a very different terroir), with its full-bodied, decadent, heavenly profile that somehow stays pure, poised and elegant, the 2012 Ermitage le Pavillon (767 cases) offers an extraordinary perfume of cassis, raspberries, crushed flowers, powdered rock and smoked earth. Coming all from the granite soils of the les Bessards lieu-dit, which produces some of the most muscular, concentrated wines on the planet, this serious 2012 is more approachable than either the 2009 or 2010, yet certainly is at the same level of quality. Give it 6-7 years in the cellar and enjoy it through 2042. Score - 100. (Jeb Dunnuck, robertparker.com, Nov. 7, 2014)
The most concentrated 2008 Ermitage is Le Pavillon (915 cases). Backward as well as elegant, it offers up scents of blueberries, blackberries, camphor, black truffles and earth. The wine is medium to full-bodied, moderately tannic and, atypically, capable of lasting 20-25+ years. Drink date: 2011-2036. Score - 93. (Robert Parker Jr., robertparker.com, Feb. 27, 2011)
