“The 2005 Ermitage l’Ermite blanc is a wine with incredible fruit and an amazingly layered mouthfeel. There are flowers, there are minerals, there’s quince, white currants, perhaps peach as well, but the sheer minerality of the wine and its force and richness without tasting heavy or over-the-top is simply mind-boggling. It is backward and more intellectually challenging than l’Oree, but it is a tour de force in winemaking. It will be a 50+ year wine.” Wine Advocate #170