Guigal, Ermitage Ex Voto other_regions_italy This is an explosive and

This is an explosive and absolutely exuberant expression of Nebbiolo from a vineyard site in La Morra near M

and based on the results

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

It is intense but not overpowering

My sense is that while this will age effortlessly for decades

Guigal, Ermitage Ex Voto other_regions_italy This is an explosive andThe 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.