L' Ermita 1994 Alvaro Palacios

Professional reviews

Robert Parker (97)

For L'Ermita, the 1994 is the current vintage in the marketplace; quantities are absurdly small. The color is a saturated inky/purple, and the soaring nose provides thrilling levels of sweet blackberry and cherry liqueur-like fruit. In spite of being full-bodied, massive, and huge, it manages to not taste heavy despite its gargantuan proportions of fruit, glycerin, tannin, and extract. This chewy, glycerin-imbued, phenomenally intense wines possesses all the component parts necessary to become a modern-day legend.

Winespectator (94)

Rich yet polished, this mouthfilling red adds the chocolate and coffee flavors of new-oak aging to the region's ripe, rich flavors of raspberries and plums.

BOW (8.25)