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Vintage | 2001 |
Rating | 90-94 |
Region | Rhône |
Appellation | Hermitage Rouge |
Colour | Red |
Volume | 0.75 l |
Price | Less than 100 € |
Château | Chave (Jean-Louis) |
Country | France |
Margaux
Clos de Vougeot
Echezeaux
CHÂTEAU HAUT BAGES LIBERAL 2001
Pauillac
Margaux
Brunello di Montalcino
VIEILLE JULIENNE Cuvée Reservé 2001
Châteauneuf du Pape
Médoc
Côte Rotie
Tasting through the component parts of the 2001 Hermitage reveals what should be an outstanding wine with a Burgundian-like finesse. The most elegant component emanates from Les Beaumes and Pelia, and the denser, thicker wines from Meal, l’Ermite, and Bessards. The wine will possess a dense rubypurple color in addition to plenty of sweet cassis fruit, medium body, noticeably high tannin, and gorgeous purity as well as symmetry. It will be built along the lines of the 1996 rather than the 2000 or 1999.
This family-run estate continues to go from strength to strength, with the father and son (Gerard and Jean-Louis) team pushing all the right buttons to achieve success at all quality levels.
A brute right now, with a wall of bacony, coffee-tinged toast separating you from the core of blackberry and raspberry fruit. Great richness and texture here, with notes of tar, minerals, saddle leather and cocoa rippling through the finish. Mouthwatering acidity balances it all.