Description

• Alcohol %: 13.5-15%
• Decant Time: 90 minutes (1.5 hours)
• Taste: deep garnet, tarry, smoky, raspberry, blackberry, mulberry, plum, liquorice, tobacco, cocoa, peppery spice, leather, walnut, roasted meat, velvety, concentrated, long finish
• Food Matching: Roast lamb, Roast or grilled beef, Game (venison, duck), Hearty stews and braises, Mature hard cheeses (Comté, aged cheddar)
• Grape Variety: Syrah : 100%,

Tasting note

來自一小塊約4公頃的名園，地質為細層沉積覆蓋花崗岩母岩，土壤礫石感強烈，老藤產量低而集中。酒色深沉帶紫光，香氣先有煙燻與瀝青感，隨後透出黑紅果實、核果類的香甜與乾果、胡椒與甘草的香氣。口感厚實有力，入口強勁但單寧圓潤，帶有煙草、可可與微妙的堅果風味，尾韻悠長又帶辛香。 釀造上採人工採收，全部去梗後在混凝土槽發酵，每日踩皮一至兩次、發酵溫度不超過32°C，長時間浸皮（4–5週）以促進單寧聚合，僅取自由流出之酒入桶。陳年於法國橡木桶18–20個月（約30%新桶），自然澄清。酒莊由沙普提亞家族經營，對土地與田間管理非常重視（部分評論亦提及生物動力栽培），適合先醒酒再配厚重肉類或陳年芝士，耐放潛力長。

A single‑site Hermitage from a roughly 4‑hectare parcel with a fine sediment layer over a granitic subsoil. The appearance is deep garnet with purple highlights. On the nose it unfolds tarry, smoky notes layered with ripe red and black fruits—raspberry, blackberry and mulberry—plus leather, walnut and a thread of liquorice. The palate makes a strong, confident entrance: concentrated and velvety, with sinewy ripe tannins, savory tobacco and cocoa tones and a persistent, peppery finish. Producer tasting notes point to excellent longevity (decades in good cellars). Winemaking is traditional and precise: hand‑harvested fruit is fully destemmed, fermented in concrete tanks with one to two punch‑downs daily and never exceeding 32°C. Extended maceration of four to five weeks encourages tannin polymerisation; only the free‑run fraction is used for this cuvée. The wine is matured 18–20 months in French oak casks (around 30% new) and clarified naturally. Ownership and care remain in the Chapoutier family (Michel & Marc Chapoutier), and the fruit for this vintage was noted as biodynamically grown by reviewers. Expect a powerful, structured wine that rewards decanting and can age for many years.

Winery

沙普提亞（M. Chapoutier）為隆河知名酒莊，由Michel與Marc Chapoutier掌舵。酒莊以重視田間管理與單園瓶裝聞名，很多園區採取嚴謹的生態或生物動力栽培。釀酒風格兼顧傳統與精細工藝，致力表現風土與陳年潛力。

M. Chapoutier is a renowned Rhone estate led by the Chapoutier family (Michel and Marc Chapoutier). Famous for meticulous vineyard work and expressive single‑site bottlings, the domaine combines traditional winemaking with biodynamic practices on many holdings, producing powerful, terroir‑driven wines of longevity.