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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Sion
19 wines from this cellar
Cave Dubuis & Rudaz
Their plots, located in favourably exposed areas, enable each of the 17 grape varieties to find suitable conditions to showcase their own characteristics.
Saillon
18 wines from this cellar
Cave Pierre-Antoine Crettenand
Pierre-Antoine Crettenand currently operates 8 hectares of vines from which he chooses the grapes for the production of 30,000 bottles.
Salquenen
38 wines from this cellar
Albert Mathier & Söhne
Albert Mathier & Fils pioneered winegrowing in the Valais at the beginning of the 20th century, and continues today with the maturing of wine in amphorae.
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