Guigal, Ermitage Ex Voto other_regions_italy and based on the results

and based on the results

It is intense but not overpowering

Underneath all of that plush fruit is a stony core of structure and myriad spicy complexities that should sustain it for decades to come

I should note that Vietti plans to release a 2006 Barolo Riserva Villero

Guigal, Ermitage Ex Voto other_regions_italy and based on the resultsThe 2010 Hermitage Ex Voto continues to top out on my scale. This extraordinary Hermitage has more minerality and delineation than the 2009, as well as overflowing aromas and flavors of creme de cassis, jammy blackberries, violets, graphite and wood smoke. Massively concentrated, full bodied, decadent, layered and sexy, it needs short term cellaring but should be just about immortal in the cellar.