"Ermitage wines possess a rich historical past. They were appreciated as early on as Roman times when they were enjoyed (as well as Côte Rotie wines) under the name of " Vienne wines "and were later to be called " Saint Christopher's hillside wines " because of a chapel there bearing the saint's name. They were also to be known of as " Tournon wines ".
The name of Ermitage probably first appeared in the XVIIth Century in memory of Henry Gaspard, a knight from Stérimberg : who having come back from the Crusades (in the XIIIth Century) and tired of waging war, lived as a hermite on a hillside which had been given to him by Anne of Castille, Queen of Spain.
There he planted a vineyard. Alexander Dumas as well as the Tsar Nicholas II are among the many connoisseurs of this particularly highly estimated wine."
(Maison M. Chapoutier)
Anbauregion: | Hermitage, nördliche Rhone Nördliche Rhone |
Flaschengröße: | 75 cl - Bouteille, Normalflasche |
Jahrgang: | 1996 |
Klassifikation: | AOC Hermitage |
Typ: | Rotwein Rotwein trocken |
Land: | Frankreich |
Weingut: | M. Chapoutier |
Rebsorte: | Syrah |
Ausbau: | 30% in neuen 600l-Fässern und 50% in gebrauchtem Holz für 16-18 Monate |
Ertrag: | 25-30 hl/ha |
Durchschnittliche Jahresproduktion: | 1.200 Kisten |
Boden: | Granit und Lehm |
Alkoholgehalt: | 13,5 % vol |
Trinktemperatur: | 12-14 °C |
Verschluss: | Naturkork |
Bewertung Jahrgang: | ****/***** |
Abgefüllt von: | M.Chapoutier S.A. ,18 avenue Dr Paul Durand, B.P. 38, 26 600 Tain, Frankreich |