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2005 Chateau L'Hermitage (750ml)
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Vintage: 2005
Format: 750ml
Wine Name: Chateau L’Hermitage
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Appellation: St. Emilion
Producer: Chateau L’Hermitage
Varietal: Red Bordeaux Blend
Type: Red
Country: France
Region: Bordeaux
Sub-Region: Libournais
Tasting note: Saturated, bright medium ruby. Aromas of blueberry, black truffle, bitter chocolate and menthol. Thick, sweet and powerful, but enlivened by a sappy quality and underlying minerality. A large-scaled, very ripe wine that finishes with big but essentially gentle and sweet tannins. (90-92pts. Stephen Tanzer)
Tasted: May/Jun. 2006
Score: 90-92
Drink: N/A
Tasting note: L’Hermitage, one of the original garagiste estates, is a blend of 65% Merlot and 35% Cabernet Franc from a small 9-acre site sandwiched between such titans of St.-Emilion as Beausejour-Duffau and Angelus. The 2005 is typically pure, medium to full-bodied, opulent, and showy, with more elegance (largely because of its fresh, lively acidity) and serious structure than usual. Its intense aromatics of blackberry, black cherry, and herbs is backed-up by a full-bodied wine possessing ripe tannin as well as outstanding weight, length, and overall harmony. (92pts. Robert Parker)
Tasted: Apr. 2008
Score: 92
Drink: 2011-22
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