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2021 M. Chapoutier "de l'Orée" Ermitage Blanc

2021 M. Chapoutier "de l'Orée" Ermitage Blanc

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James Suckling

Review Date: 04/2024

A refined, textural and vibrant Ermitage white with so much restrained power. There is a saltiness here. Dried lemons, quince peel, grilled almonds, white peaches, wet stones, wild herbs and white flowers mingle successively on the nose. It’s medium-bodied yet it has a gigantic dimension. It’s all contained, restrained and funneled into the precise, highly textural and tense palate. Succulent, with baked lemon character and a long, long finish. From biodynamically grown grapes with Demeter certification. Drinkable now, but best from 2025.

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Wine Advocate

Review Date: 05/2024
Hints of honeyed peaches join ripe apricot and melon on the nose of Chapoutier's superb 2021 Ermitage de l'Orée. As always, it's 100% Marsanne from the clay soils of the Les Murets lieu-dit. Medium to full-bodied, it's ripe and succulent, with a long, briny and refreshing finish. It may be closing down by now, so try to hold off opening a bottle until around 2030—or allow several hours for decanting.(JC)

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Jeb Dunnuck

Review Date: 12/2022
Leading off the three single vineyard Marsanne releases, the 2021 Ermitage De L'Orée comes mostly from the Les Murets lieu-dit and was aged 12 months in 80% demi-muids, with just 15% being new. It has a beautiful nose of white flowers, stone fruits, quince, and some obvious chalky minerality. It reminds me slightly of the 2012 (though the vintages are nothing alike) and is medium to full-bodied, has a round, supple texture, beautiful balance, and a great finish. It's a brilliant effort, particularly given the vintage.

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Decanter

Review Date: 09/2022
Mango and rhubarb notes hint at a rich and full-bodied wine, which is quite a classic De l'Orée style, though not quite as rich and opulent as recent years. With lovely acidity, it has more freshness than the past few vintages, though not quite the same opulence. From 60-year-old vines from lieu-dit Les Murets at the top of the hill. (MW)
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Notes

John Livingstone Learmonth The Cradle of the Rhone: "gold-hued robe; has a ripe, rounded bouquet, brioche, baked bread, a hint of wits strawberry, crabapple, honey tones and a hint of petrol. The palate is silken in delivery, flows and strolls on white fruits, white raisins, gives late Marsanne tang, camomile tea, dried apricot in the flavour, peach burrowed into it. There’s a touch of tannin on the aftertaste. It’s close-knit now, so wait – from 2025-26, decant it." (10/2022)

Product Details

Origin: Hermitage/Crozes-Hermitage, Rhone, France

Type/Varietal: Marsanne

SKU: #1771941