Guigal, Ermitage Ex Voto other_regions Interestingly given the style of

Interestingly given the style of the vintage this isn’t quite a big and robust as it usually is which should permit it to be approachable after only 6 to 8 years yet it has the stuffing to effortlessly develop over 15 to 18

it is a very elegant Port with a touch of understatement

the gentlest hints of honey

offering a gorgeous array of almond

Guigal, Ermitage Ex Voto other_regions Interestingly given the style ofThe 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.