Ermitage Le Pavillon Rouge 1994 Chapoutier

Professional reviews

Robert Parker (96)

The 1994 Le Pavilion is a blockbuster, phenomenally concentrated wine. Le Pavilion is generally among the top three or four wines of France in every vintage! The 1994's opaque purple color, and wonderfully sweet, pure nose of cassis and other black fruits intertwined with minerals, are followed by a wine of profound richness, great complexity, and full body. It is almost the essence of blackberries and cassis.

Winespectator (90)

Elegant for Hermitage, this shows its balanced fruit, alcohol and tannin in a harmonious package. The flavors are all there: licorice, game, smoke; the wine is subdued yet complete.

BOW (8.25)