Guigal, Ermitage Ex Voto other_regions raspy and slightly short finish

raspy and slightly short finish

mulberries

floral and soft oak scents

all of the elements are in place for the 2001 to be an even more spectacular wine than it already it is in another few years

(100% from the Chambolle side that combines about one-third terres rouges and the remainder from terres blanches)

Guigal, Ermitage Ex Voto other_regions raspy and slightly short finishThe 2010 Hermitage Ex Voto continues to top out on my scale. This extraordinary Hermitage has more minerality and delineation than the 2009, as well as overflowing aromas and flavors of creme de cassis, jammy blackberries, violets, graphite and wood smoke. Massively concentrated, full bodied, decadent, layered and sexy, it needs short term cellaring but should be just about immortal in the cellar.