Ermitage
About this grape variety
This is a vigorous, late-ripening grape whose full potential is realized when it has the best exposures, grown in dry soil that is not very rich, and the harvest is well managed. In some years the grapes can be harvested late.
The sweet wine that results is a blend of richness, opulence, voluptuousness and subtle aromas of truffle, honey, raspberry brandy. This is a wine that is always worth aging, whether it’s a sweet or dry one, in order to let it fully develop its harmony.
Ermitage
39.6 ha out of 4675 ha, or 0.85%
Tasting profile
98 wine producers cultivate this grape variety
Find a cellarEtymology
From Tain l'Hermitage, the name of a wine producing area in the Rhône Valley. In Valais, Ermitage is identical to Marsanne, named after a village in the Drôme area in France.
wine cellar(s)
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Fully
13 wines from this cellar
Olivier Pittet
Olivier Pittet is the producer of an extremely old and rare grape variety : Grosse Arvine.
Leytron
20 wines from this cellar
Cave de l’Etat du Valais – Domaine du Grand Brûlé
Its twelve hectares are planted with a palette of 22 main grape varieties, of which 35% are indigenous varieties such as Petite Arvine and Cornalin.
Uvrier
17 wines from this cellar
Frédéric Dumoulin SA - L'Orpailleur
This winemaker develops wines mainly from his own 27-hectare estate and he welcomes in the cellar the fruit of the land that he helps it express itself.
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