Guigal Ex Voto Hermitage Blanc

[lucaslabelle]

Curious if anyone’s had experience with these wines and any impressions?

Thinking of picking up some 2013s…

Cheers.

Lucas

[Jorge_Henriquez]

Wax + honey =

[William_Kelley]

Wax + honey =

• lots of toasty new oak…

[lucaslabelle]

Thanks gents!

Anyone else have any experience or opinions?

[lucaslabelle]

[James_Billy]

Guigal wines are very well made. Shame about the oak flavour.

[William_Kelley]

To give you a more serious answer, this wine is a powerful, tight-knit (and expensive) expression of white Hermitage carrying a considerable overlay of toasty new oak. If you are looking for a classic expression of white Hermitage, this is not it, as the strong wood imprint marks it out very much a contemporary Guigal wine. But if you like the flavors and textures that barrels impart, you will love it. If you want a more traditional white Hermitage, you should seek out Chave’s (which is very textural and unctuous these days) or Marc Sorrel’s.

[lucaslabelle]

To give you a more serious answer, this wine is a powerful, tight-knit (and expensive) expression of white Hermitage carrying a considerable overlay of toasty new oak. If you are looking for a classic expression of white Hermitage, this is not it, as the strong wood imprint marks it out very much a contemporary Guigal wine. But if you like the flavors and textures that barrels impart, you will love it. If you want a more traditional white Hermitage, you should seek out Chave’s (which is very textural and unctuous these days) or Marc Sorrel’s.

Thank you very much William!