Year in and year out, one of the three greatest Hermitages made is Chapoutier's Le Pavillon. The 2001 Ermitage Le Pavillon exhibits a saturated ruby/purple color as well as a big, sweet nose of camphor, ink, creme de cassis, and hints of licorice as well as smoke... Unquestionably great and intense... Anticipated maturity: 2010-2030... Robert Parker
Jake Hajer
Bacon, leather, black pepper jerky. Figs, dried cherry blossom. A great wine, but a little over the hill.
Bacon, leather, black pepper jerky. Figs, dried cherry blossom. A great wine, but a little over the hill.
9.1Knightsbridge Wine Shoppe
Black berry fruit, pepper, iron. Long and powerful.
Black berry fruit, pepper, iron. Long and powerful.
9.4Tim O'Rourke
Notes from a long time ago. Compact and tons of structure w/ decades of maturing to do. Will be outstanding but only very good right now.
Notes from a long time ago. Compact and tons of structure w/ decades of maturing to do. Will be outstanding but only very good right now.
8.8The Schwartz
Beauty
Beauty
9.6The Schwartz
Drinking beautifully for unlauded vintage
Drinking beautifully for unlauded vintage
9.4Bobg
Very pretty blackberry nose with smoke and a hint of garrigue. Best nose so far and so pretty. Very polished and modern in style. Plenty of oak and fruit. Loved by the crowd. Me, it's good especially on the nose, but it's so young. Needs time to develop.
Very pretty blackberry nose with smoke and a hint of garrigue. Best nose so far and so pretty. Very polished and modern in style. Plenty of oak and fruit. Loved by the crowd. Me, it's good especially on the nose, but it's so young. Needs time to develop.
9.1Neil Cornish
So pure Massive white pepper. Very elegant. Purity personified.
So pure Massive white pepper. Very elegant. Purity personified.
9.6WARNING: DRINKING DISTILLED SPIRITS, BEER, COOLERS, WINE AND OTHER ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES MAY INCREASE CANCER RISK, AND, DURING PREGNANCY, CAN CAUSE BIRTH DEFECTS.