M Chapoutier and the Northern Rhône

This past fall, we visited the famed hill of Hermitage above the town of Tain l'Hermitage in the northern Rhône Valley. Our final destination was M. Chapoutier, one of its most famous producers. The video below is the fourth in our French wine series, and gives you an idea of the unique terrain that is the appellation Hermitage. An intense finish to the 2019 harvest meant Michel Chapoutier was not available to interview, but as you might expect, everyone who works at Chapoutier knows the story, loves the story and can tell the story. Our host, Maxime Ramel, is as passionate as they come about wine and is an excellent example of the exacting standard required to work at Chapoutier. We tasted a wide range of wines over two days and report on that at the end of this post. We hope the video will inspire you to visit the northern Rhône Valley, and we can't think of a better place to start than at Tain l'Hermitage. For our full story as well as Anthony Gismondi's tasting notes, visit https://gismondionwine.com/blog/maiso... Visit our website for more stories about wine, the people who make them and where they are made, plus, access 30,000+ tasting notes, which we update daily: https://gismondionwine.com/ Join our free, monthly newsletter: https://gismondionwine.com/subscribe/ Follow us on social media: Instagram: @Gismondionwine and @anthony.gismondi Facebook: /Gismondionwine and /AnthonyGismondi Twitter: @Gismondionwine and @TheSpitter