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94 points Jeb Dunnuck: "The 2020 Crozes-Hermitage Cuvée Louis Belle is brilliant, with an almost Hermitage-like sense of structure and depth. Ripe black fruits, crushed stone, ground pepper, and new saddle leather notes all emerge on the nose, and it's medium to full-bodied, with ripe, building tannins, a layered, seamless mouthfeel, and a great finish." (12/2022) 91-93 points Wine Advocate: "The lush, rich 2020 Crozes Hermitage Cuvee Louis Belle displays opulent black cherry framed by cedar and vanilla. Full-bodied and velvety, it's decadently styled,...
Price: $34.99
90 points Jeb Dunnuck: "The 2021 Crozes-Hermitage Les Terres Blanches Blanc is a touch more mid-weight, yet has impressive purity in its white peach, pineapple, chalky minerality, and floral aromas and flavors. It's balanced, medium-bodied, and impeccably made. This is 70% Marsanne and 30% Roussanne, from more limestone soils, brought up in 20% new barrels, with the balance in used wood and stainless steel." (12/2022) K&L Notes: The roots of the Belle family run deep in Hermitage and extend back to the 18th century when the family began acquiring vines...
Price: $29.99
96 points Wine Enthusiast: "The best wine to come from Jaboulet since the awe-inspiring 1990. And yes, in these days of newly released $250+ first-growth Bordeaux, a value." (11/1999) 93 points Wine Advocate: "The 1997 Hermitage La Chapelle has begun to completely close down, which is surprising in view of how sweet, seductive, and precocious this vintage can be. However, the color seems to get deeper with exposure to air (the wine was far more drinkable after 24 hours of aeration than it was upon opening). The moderately intense bouquet exhibits plent...
Price: $174.99
98-100 points Jeb Dunnuck: "Tasted out of tank, the 2020 Hermitage ranks with the legendary wines from this address. Reminding me of a slightly more elegant version of the 2010, it's a deep, inky hued effort revealing utterly classic Hermitage aromatics of darker cassis and blue fruits as well as a liquid rock-like sense of minerality. Young and primordial, it still has incredible purity and freshness in its aromatics. Full-bodied and powerful on the palate, this gorgeous wine is going to shine with just 4-6 years of bottle age yet age with the best of t...
Price: $369.99
95 points Jeb Dunnuck: "The 2020 Crozes-Hermitage Roche Pierre is another Hermitage look-alike with its dark purple hue as well as its nose of cassis, smoked meats, iron, graphite, and leather. It's a big wine, with full-bodied richness, yet it's not over the top in any way, has building tannins, terrific balance, and a great finish. It needs 2-3 years to integrate its élevage and will evolve for well over a decade. Bravo to this estate for one of the wines of the appellation." (12/2022) 91-94 points Wine Advocate: "Sourced from older vines on the gran...
Price: $49.99
98-100 points Jeb Dunnuck: "Coming from vines just above the Le Méal and around the Chapel, the 2019 Ermitage L’Ermite is 100% Syrah that was brought up in just 20% new French oak. It's a massive wine by any measure and reveals a dense ruby/blue hue as well as incredible smoked meats, cassis, graphite, white flowers, and a liquid rock-like minerality. These all carry to a full-bodied, pedal-to-the-metal Hermitage that has building tannins, a stacked mid-palate, and incredible length, all while staying light on its feet and flawlessly balanced. It shares ...
Price: $379.99
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99 points Jeb Dunnuck: "Another heavenly white from this estate is the 2020 Hermitage Blanc, which is the usual 80% Marsanne and 20% Roussanne from a mix lieux-dits. Incredibly perfumed with notes of acacia flowers, buttered stone fruits, toasted brioche, honeysuckle, and crushed stone, it hits the palate with full-bodied richness, a seamless, layered texture, beautiful mid-palate depth, and a great finish. The purity, balance, and intensity here are just about off the charts, and this beauty deserves a solid decade of bottle age, although you'll be excu...
Price: $329.99
92 points Int'l Wine Cellar: "Bright medium red. Knockout aromas of black cherry, cassis, roasted Provençal herbs, minerals and smoked meat. Tightly wrapped and nicely delineated, with fresh acidity for the vintage. Subtle, classy and extremely youthful. Finishes with very fine tannins and superb persistence. (ST) 92+" (01/2000) 91 points Wine Advocate: "Fully mature, the 1997 Ermitage le Meal is a pretty, classy, sweetly fruited beauty that gives up plenty of cured meats, dark fruits, earth and wood smoke on the nose. Balanced, resolved and ready to ...
Price: $139.99
96 points Wine Spectator: "The first vintage that seems approachable now, this pumps out a very friendly core of steeped red currant, blackberry cherry and plum fruit, with exuberant acidity, mouthwatering cocoa and pain d'épices notes followed by a long, incense- and black tea-infused finish. Has the stuffing and balance to age further, but thoroughly delicious now. *Collectibles* (JM)" (12/2012) 95 points Vinous: "#1) Explosively floral, with remarkable purity and a strong licorice tone. #2: Spicier sample, with strong cherry pit and graphite on the ...
Price: $449.99
Domaine Jean Esprit is currently on its 5th generation, run by Jean Esprit and his wife Lydia. The majority of the family business remains as it was generations ago, selling their Syrah grapes to some of the top producers in Crozes Hermitage, Domaine Alain Graillot and Laurent Combier. In recent years the Jean and Lydia have scaled back their grape sales to make their own wines. The "Esprit" cuvée is farmed from a vineyard parcel just behind Jean and Lydia’s house, and is aged entirely in stainless steel to preserve the freshness and vibrancy of their gr...
Price: $27.99
91 points Wine Spectator: "No tasting note given. (Web-1986)" K&L Notes: According to Robert Parker: "An unqualified success for Guigal, the 1982 is much more fruity and accessible than the tougher 1983, but has deep ruby/black color, a seductive, developed bouquet of ripe cassis and black cherries, full body, an unctuous texture, and ripe, velvety fruit despite a good lashing of tannin. Mature now. Last tasted 11/89." (01/97)
Price: $109.99
95 points Jeb Dunnuck: "This great estate has again made a brilliant Hermitage. Sporting a dense purple hue as well as classic smoky black (and some blue) fruits, new leather, graphite, and obvious minerality, the 2020 Hermitage is full-bodied and delivers integrated chocolaty oak, a great mid-palate, and enough ripe tannins to warrant just 2-4 years of bottle age. It's a beautiful wine I'd be happy to drink." (12/2022) 93-95 points Wine Advocate: "Belle's 2020 Hermitage (tasted as a barrel sample) displays even more freshness than the various Crozes-H...
Price: $99.99
93 points Decanter: "Generous, ripe and rich with yellow plum and melon fruit on the nose. Soft, with a full-bodied mouthfeel, fleshy fruit with weighty balance of acidity and oak. Long on the finish, with plenty of time to improve. (MW)" (03/2023) 93 points Jeb Dunnuck: "Pure quince, honeyed white flowers, spice, and beautiful minerality all emerge from the 2021 Hermitage Blanc, a medium-bodied, concentrated, tight, reserved, yet incredibly promising Hermitage Blanc. I followed this bottle for multiple days, and it put on weight with air, so hide bott...
Price: $74.99
Price: $79.99
91 points Jeb Dunnuck: "The 2021 Crozes-Hermitage Roche Blanche Blanc (100% Marsanne) is impressive and certainly a huge success in this challenging vintage. White peach, pineapple, honeyed flowers, and spice all emerge on the nose, and it has terrific intensity and purity. The palate shows the more medium-bodied style of the vintage but has good depth of fruit, integrated acidity, and a great finish. Drink it over the coming 2-4 years. " (12/2022) K&L Notes: The roots of the Belle family run deep in Hermitage and extend back to the 18th century when t...
Price: $39.99
100 points Jeb Dunnuck: "The 2020 Ermitage Le Pavillon is pure gold, and Hermitage doesn't get any better. Incredible aromatics of cassis, graphite, burning embers, and crushed stone all emerge from this beauty. Stunningly proportioned and incredibly pure, it's full-bodied, concentrated, and powerful, but as with all great vintages of this cuvée, it's going to demand bottle age. While Les Greffieux and Le Méal bring much more opulence, this is the powerhouse, long-distance candidate in the lineup. It's an incredible effort. Give bottles upwards of a deca...
Price: $289.99
100 points Jeb Dunnuck: "The star of the show as well as one of the wines of this great vintage, the 2019 Ermitage Le Pavillon comes all from broken granite soils of the Bessards lieu-dit and was all destemmed, vinified in concrete tanks, and brought up in just 15% new French oak, with a tiny amount in a small foudre as well. The level of new oak continues to plummet at this estate, which around a decade ago or more was utilizing 100% new barrels. Full-bodied, concentrated, and powerful, it’s a perfect example of the Iron Fist in a Velvet Glove saying an...
Price: $319.99
94-96 points Jeb Dunnuck: "Even more successful, the 2021 Ermitage Le Méal has a similar broad, rounded, expansive texture as well as beautiful notes of black cherries, darker berries, spice, dried flowers, and textbook Hermitage smoked meats and leather. As with the Les Greffieux, it's already complex, has medium to full body, ripe, velvety tannins, and a great finish. One terrific point in the vintage is that the terroirs show clearly in the wines, and that's becomes obvious when tasting through the single vineyard releases from Chapoutier." (12/2022) ...
Price: $249.99
93-95 points Jeb Dunnuck: "The 2021 Ermitage Les Greffieux offers more breadth and richness, with perfumed red and black fruits, pepper, and gamey notes. It doesn't have the density of the 2018, 2019, or 2020 but shines for its balance, purity, and elegance, as well as complexity. This charming, seamless, medium to full-bodied Hermitage is going to drink nicely right out of the gate." (12/2022) K&L Notes: John Livingstone Learmonth The Cradle of the Rhone: "(casks) dark red; the bouquet has a ripe, mellow blackberry aroma with hints of oak, blood. Its ...
Price: $139.99
96 points Decanter: "Very classically Pavillon in its aromatic display, with hoisin sauce and some cassis and blackberry. Fine tannins, but this is not a huge vintage, a more Burgundian expression of Le Pavillon. Not terribly concentrated like some recent vintages, this will drink well young. Fresh, with strong acidity and an underlying smoky note. A lovely wine, but an atypically fine and compact Pavillon. From lieu-dit Les Bessards. (MW)" (09/2022) 94-96 points Jeb Dunnuck: "In comparison to the more expansive Le Méal, the 2021 Ermitage Le Pavillon i...
Price: $299.99
92-94 points Jeb Dunnuck: "Cassis, cracked black pepper, smoked game, and a kiss of bacon fat all make an appearance in the 2021 Crozes-Ermitage Les Varonniers, a medium-bodied, elegant Crozes Hermitage that tastes more like an Hermitage. Despite the cooler nature of the vintage, this has good ripeness as well as mid-palate density. It's going to drink nicely for 10-15 years. It's probably the Crozes of the vintage." (12/2022) K&L Notes: John Livingstone Learmonth The Cradle of the Rhone: "(casks) full red colour; smoke and violets mingle on the nose, ...
Price: $49.99
John Livingstone Learmonth The Cradle of the Rhone: "(casks) dark red; has a really smoke filled, deep bouquet with black cherry and licorice prominent, and with its 25% whole bunch, shows some vegetal crunch. The palate is iron fuelled, running, has gusto in the fruit, with a little stockiness in the fused tannins on the close. It’s good, naked, up front, terroir wine, very much a superior Crozes with oak implications on the tight, rather chewy for now finish. From spring 2026. 2044-46." (10/2023)
Price: $54.99
98 points Jeb Dunnuck: "More game, bacon fat, truffly earth, and both red and black fruits emerge from the 2020 Ermitage Les Greffieux, another deep, rich, incredibly concentrated wine from this estate. Coming from the more sedimentary soils at the base of Hermitage, destemmed and aged in 20% new oak, this full-bodied, monster of a wine has sweet, velvety tannins, a huge mid-palate, and a gorgeous finish. This is up there with the finest vintages of this cuvée I've tasted. Give bottles 5-7 years, count yourself lucky, and enjoy over the following 20-25 y...
Price: $149.99
100 points Jeb Dunnuck: "The 2020 Ermitage Le Pavillon is pure gold, and Hermitage doesn't get any better. Incredible aromatics of cassis, graphite, burning embers, and crushed stone all emerge from this beauty. Stunningly proportioned and incredibly pure, it's full-bodied, concentrated, and powerful, but as with all great vintages of this cuvée, it's going to demand bottle age. While Les Greffieux and Le Méal bring much more opulence, this is the powerhouse, long-distance candidate in the lineup. It's an incredible effort. Give bottles upwards of a deca...
Price: $575.00
99 points Decanter: "Decidedly rich in style, the oak is quite marked, with roasted pineapple notes, lemon verbena and lemon thyme. Very full-bodied, this is massive, assertive and powerful, but with great freshness and energy. Flinty, smoky elements and a long, salty, mineral finish. One for the ages. Pure Marsanne, vines are over 50 years old, planted on pebbles, clay and some loess, facing south. Whole-bunch pressed, half fermented in demi-muids, half in vats. Drinking window: 2025-2050. (MW)" (11/2023) K&L Notes: John Livingstone Learmonth The Crad...
Price: $199.99
96 points Jeb Dunnuck: "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." (12/2022) ...
Price: $199.99
100 points Jeb Dunnuck: "The star of the show as well as one of the wines of this great vintage, the 2019 Ermitage Le Pavillon comes all from broken granite soils of the Bessards lieu-dit and was all destemmed, vinified in concrete tanks, and brought up in just 15% new French oak, with a tiny amount in a small foudre as well. The level of new oak continues to plummet at this estate, which around a decade ago or more was utilizing 100% new barrels. Full-bodied, concentrated, and powerful, it’s a perfect example of the Iron Fist in a Velvet Glove saying an...
Price: $1,895.00
97-99 points Jeb Dunnuck: "Not yet bottled, the 2018 Ermitage Ex Voto brings another level of purity and precision, as well as concentration. Deep purple-hued, with brilliant cassis and blue fruits as well as liquid rock-like minerality, it has perfectly integrated oak, flawless tannins, a stacked mid-palate, and a great, great finish. I wrote “heavenly stuff” in my notes. This will require a solid decade of bottle age and should have 30-40 years of longevity if stored correctly." (02/2022) 98 points Vinous: "Inky ruby color. Ripe black and blue fruits...
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100 points Jeb Dunnuck: "I was blown away by the 2020 Ermitage Le Méal Blanc, which is certainly the finest vintage of this cuvée I’ve tasted. From the pure south-facing Méal lieu-dit (which is the warmest terroir on Hermitage), it was vinified and aged 70% demi-muids (10% new) and 30% in stainless steel. Straight-up heavenly notes of white currants, powdered rock, celery seed, honeysuckle, and toasted almonds all define the bouquet, and it’s full-bodied and concentrated on the palate, with that rare mix of richness and freshness. Hermitage Blanc doesn’t...
Price: $199.99
98 points Decanter: "Piercing intensity on the nose, there's mango, candied citrus peels and salt. Only medium-bodied, but it's an athletic, precise and hugely energetic Ermite, with really driving, focused acidity and immense salty minerality. Straight, long, and intense. Rather than the extract and concentration of some recent warmer vintages, this has immense drive. (MW)" (09/2022) 96-98 points Jeb Dunnuck: "Not yet bottled (this cuvée always sees a slightly longer élevage), the 2021 Ermitage L'Ermite Blanc comes from a mix of limestone and granite ...
Price: $449.99
98 points Decanter: "A fresh, piercing cassis style, that’s very fine and compact on the palate. Powerfully mineral, the wine really dives deep. The tannins are juicy but also energetic and strict. A wine with huge intensity and great driving energy. Not as much flesh as some recent vintages, but this is very classically Ermite with its immense tension and peppery, smoky freshness underneath. No lack, or excess, of ripeness. This is bracing. Vines are south-facing, just behind the Chapelle St Christophe. (MW)" (09/2022) 94-97 points Jeb Dunnuck: "While...
Price: $319.99
100 points Jeb Dunnuck: "Another perfect wine in the lineup is the 2020 Ermitage L’Ermite Blanc, and white wine simply doesn’t get any better. I’ve never found another white that conveys a sense minerality and liquid rock like this cuvée, and the 2020 offers a piercing bouquet of white currants, quince, honeyed flowers, charcoal, and scorched earth, with celery seed and wild fennel notes developing with air. A huge, rich, massive wine, it has awesome purity and precision and a great finish. It’s one of my favorite white wines in the world. This demands 3...
Price: $449.99
97 points Vinous: "Inky ruby color. Expansive, smoke- and mineral-accented black and blue fruits, licorice, smoky bacon, mocha, violet and licorice on the highly perfumed nose. Appealingly sweet, mineral-accented cassis, boysenberry, fruitcake, floral pastille and vanilla flavors show superb depth and become spicier with aeration. Shows superb detail and mineral lift on the youthfully tannic, extremely persistent and incisive finish, which features resonating floral and exotic spice notes. (JR)" (12/2022) 97 points Wine Enthusiast: "Whiffs of espresso,...
Price: $149.99
100 points Jeb Dunnuck: "Another perfect wine, the 2015 Ermitage Le Pavillon comes from the Bessards lieu-dit on Hermitage, which is pure granite soils. I've said it before, but will say it again, this is unquestionably the finest, most singular vineyard for Syrah in the world. Cassis, graphite, smoked herbs, liquid rocks and violet aromas give way to a huge, concentrated, opulent and off-the-charts beauty that just hints at its ultimate potential. I wouldn’t think about opening bottles for at least a decade, after which it will keep for 4-5 decades." (0...
Price: $1,950.00
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Price: $2,250.00
Bid on this 3-bottle lot of 2018 Domaine Jean-Louis Chave Hermitage (100JD, 99RP, 97VN, 97WS, 96DC). Jeb Dunnuck: "I was blown away by the 2018 Hermitage from barrel, and it unquestionably doesn't disappoint from bottle. Reminding me slightly of the 2009, it possesses off-the-charts richness and depth, but like all great wines, stays pure, balanced, and light on its feel. Extraordinary notes of cassis, blue fruits, graphite, violets, and flowers define the bouquet, and this full-bodied, layered, multi-dimensional beauty has ripe tannins, flawless balance, and a great finish. This is pure Hermitage magic. Given its extravagant richness and texture, it should be relatively accessible in just a handful of years yet evolve for three decades or more." (12/2022)
Starting Bid: $735.00
100 points Jeb Dunnuck: "Pure perfection in Syrah, the 2012 Ermitage Le Pavillon comes from the pure granite soils of the Les Bessards lieu-dit and was brought up in around 30-35% new demi-muids. This blockbuster yet magical wine offers everything: incredible aromatics, huge richness and intensity, no sensation of weight or heaviness, and a finish that just goes on and on. With lots of sweet dark cassis and raspberry fruit, it has an almost Méal-like sexiness yet shows more and more minerality as well as tannins on the finish. It’s a quintessential, awes...
Price: $1,650.00
97 points Decanter: "This has the characteristic breadth and fat of De l'Orée, with a surprisingly bright and piercing acidic line. Rich, ripe mango, with a touch of pineapple, the alcohol and oak are both surprisingly well balanced for a vintage like 2022. Not the most mineral or fine perhaps, but very good. From 60-year-old vines in the lieu-dit Les Murets at the top of the hill on heavy, water-retaining soils. Drinking window: 2024-2041. (MW)" (11/2023) K&L Notes: John Livingstone Learmonth the Cradle of the Rhone: "attractive yellow; the nose carri...
Price: $199.99
94 points Vinous: "Dark, vivid ruby. An expansive bouquet displays scents of ripe red and blue fruits, cola and candied violet, along with exotic spice and smoked meat accents. Smooth and fleshy in the mouth, offering sappy black raspberry, kirsch, boysenberry and licorice flavors that are sharpened by a spicy suggestion of cracked pepper. Rich yet energetic as well, finishing appealingly sweet and long, with steadily building tannins and repeating smokiness. (JR)" (12/2022) 93 points Decanter: "Lovely brightness to the fruit. Tannins are a little on t...
Price: $675.00
97 points Decanter: "High-toned, remarkably smooth, full-bodied and concentrated with marked acidity. Tannins are blocky and robust, but certainly ripe. Actually very elegant in fruit, with remarkable depth, power and freshness and a long finish, which is impressive considering the vintage conditions. Vines are around 50 years old, fermented in concrete, aged in recently used oak barrels for around 14 months. Drinking window: 2034-2047. (MW)" (11/2023) K&L Notes: John Livingstone Learmonth The Cradle of the Rhone: "(cask) dark red; the nose has a lurki...
Price: $249.99
96 points Decanter: "Plum and damson compote, star anise and soy on the nose. This is fresh and lithe, with marked acidity and a great explosion of flavour; bright as a meteor. Not as long as some vintages on the finish, but certainly makes an impression. The pH is at 3.6 naturally through concentration, and nearly 14% alcohol. Remarkably athletic in acid and tannin for a 2022. From lieu-dit Les Bessards. Drinking window: 2030-2050. (MW)" (11/2023) K&L Notes: John Livingstone Learmonth the Cradle of the Rhone: "(cask) deep red; there is good smoky pers...
Price: $299.99
Bid on this 3-bottle lot of 2015 Domaine Jean-Louis Chave Hermitage (100JD, 99RP, 98WS, 97VN). Jeb Dunnuck: "As good as Hermitage can get, the 2015 Hermitage from Jean-Louis Chave reminds me of a hypothetical mix of the 2010 and 1990 with its incredible purity, finesse, and elegant paired with awesome depth and structure. This heavenly wine exhibits a deep purple color as well as a powerful bouquet of crème de cassis, blackberries, dried violets, graphite, and crushed rocks, with a liquid mineral component that’s just about impossible to find outside of the Bessards lieu-dit in Hermitage. Full-bodied and massively concentrated on the palate, yet with laser-like precision and clarity, it needs a solid decade of cellaring and will keep for 40+ years or more. It’s not as sexy or overt as the Cuvee Cathelin, but is every bit as good." (12/2018)
Starting Bid: $1,140.00
98 points Decanter: "Surprisingly full-bodied for L'Ermite, richer in body than a classic vintage. This is precise and fine, with notes of lemon verbena and struck flint. Reductive now, so give it time, but there's great drive and focus. Unusually high acidity (3.2-3.3 pH) which is rare for Marsanne. From east-facing vineyards situated around the chapel, which are the only white vineyards on the granitic part of Hermitage, other than Dard & Ribo's plots. Drinking window: 2025-2055. (MW)" (11/2023) K&L Notes: John Livingstone Learmonth The Cradle of the...
Price: $469.99
98 points Jeb Dunnuck: "Leading off the single vineyard Hermitage whites, the 2018 Ermitage De L’Orée is all Marsanne, from the Les Murets lieu-dit, brought up mostly in used demi-muids. Orange blossom, crushed citrus, spice box, white flowers, beautiful minerality, and vivid charcoal notes emerge from the glass of this beautiful, concentrated, opulent Hermitage, which has a stacked mid-palate and a level of structure fitting for a red wine. It's a brilliant wine that's going to benefit from 2-4 years of bottle age and keep for 20+." (12/2019) 96-98 po...
Price: $1,295.00
98 points Decanter: "Smoke, flint and petrichor notes – very L’Ermite. Remarkably round and full for L'Ermite considering the fairly low alcohol. Intense, zingy acidity and great mineral drive. A crunchy, mineral and long finish, with enjoyably angular tannins. Huge energy and verve, undulating like a soundwave. Almost a caricature of L'Ermite, and will last for decades. Drinking window: 2037-2060. (MW)" (11/2023) K&L Notes: John Livingstone Learmonth the Cradle of the Rhone: "(cask) dark robe; the bouquet is deep and mysterious, with a grunt factor of...
Price: $329.99
John Livingstone Learmonth The Cradle of the Rhone: "(cask) bold, dark robe; the nose has a liberal expression of black cherry fruit, orange peel, is a near racy affair, carries a little smoke-vegetal hover, is typical of Greffieux in its elegance. The palate links well, offers a fluent run of smoothly textured, engaging content, well juiced fruit present with a criss cross of ripe, live tannins, is vivid wine. It shows an atypical Greffieux Southern leaning, has a citrus freshness on the finish, is STGT wine. It’s well worth study. From spring 2026. 204...
Price: $139.99
Bid on this 6-bottle lot of 2015 Domaine Paul Jaboulet Aîné "La Chapelle" Hermitage (OWC - 100JD, 98RP, 98VN, 97JS, 95DC) in original wood. Jeb Dunnuck: "Pure perfection in red wine, and as good a La Chapelle as has ever been made, the 2015 Hermitage La Chapelle reveals a deep, inky purple color as well as a mammoth-sized bouquet of black and blue fruits, liquid rock-like minerality, smoked game, ground pepper, and iron. Reminding me of the 1978 with its rare mix of power and elegance, this brilliant, sensational Hermitage already offers pleasure and will evolve for another 30-40 years." (06/2022)
Starting Bid: $1,020.00
Bid on this 6-bottle lot of 2017 Domaine Jean-Louis Chave Hermitage ((96-99JD), (96-99RP), 98DC, (97-98JS), 97VN, 97WS). Wine Advocate: "Jean-Louis Chave had done some preblending of the 2017 Hermitage at the time of my visit, meaning several parcels had already been combined with others, so there were fewer components to taste. A sample that included some L'Ermite, Les Beaumes and Péléat was fragrant, loaded with peppery spice and came across as slightly open-knit (93 - 95). A second component, mostly Le Méal, was richer and riper-tasting, with lush fruit and hints of roasted meat (97 - 99). Finally, a sample Jean-Louis described as "more the core of the blend" (mainly Les Bessards) was simultaneously firm and generous, with notes of crushed stone, cassis and licorice. (JC)" (12/2019)
Starting Bid: $1,230.00
97-99 points Jeb Dunnuck: "The 2017 Hermitage Ex Voto shows the sunny, sexy side of the vintage yet backs it up with a dense, concentrated style. Ripe black fruits, smoked earth, toasted bread, and exotic spice all define the bouquet, and it’s full-bodied, structured, and powerful on the palate. Like most 2017s, it’s going to have some early accessibility due to the wealth of fruit, yet it’s going to benefit from 5-7 years of bottle age." (12/2019) 97 points Wine Spectator: "Exotic, this ripples with warm, well-steeped boysenberry, blackberry and fig f...
Price: $2,995.00