Guigal, Ermitage Ex Voto other_regions The 2012 Château L'If from

The 2012 Château L'If from Jacques Thienpont and Fiona Morrison has a broody

smoked meat

The 1999 Pichon-Baron now has better precision and focus than the 1998

all of the elements are in place for the 2001 to be an even more spectacular wine than it already it is in another few years

floral and soft oak scents

Guigal, Ermitage Ex Voto other_regions The 2012 Château L'If fromThe 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.