97pts Jeb Dunnuck

I was blown away by the 2019 Hermitage Monier De La Sizeranne, and if there’s a best buy out there in 2019 Hermitage, this might be it. Blackberries, black raspberries, spice box, new leather, and bouquet garni all dominate the bouquet, and it’s full-bodied, with a round, layered mouthfeel, beautiful tannins, and a rare mix of richness and elegance. It’s a stunning wine that’s guaranteed to put a smile on your face over the coming 2+ decades. Hats off to the team at Chapoutier!

95pts Wine Spectator

Delivers a lovely core of açaí berry, plum and blackberry fruit flavors coated with bittersweet cocoa and carried by a long, loamy spine. The finish is underscored by tobacco and alder accents as the fruit sails through. Best from 2024 through 2038.

95pts James Suckling

At once rich and fleshy, but also deeply and firmly structured, this Hermitage has a ton of smoke, leather and animal aromas. With some aeration a balsamic note emerges. Dense, inky finish, but in a very positive way. Excellent balance and vitality that suggests it has long aging potential. From biodynamically grown grapes with Demeter certification. Drinkable now, but best from 2025.

93pts Robert Parker's Wine Advocate

Blended from the lieux-dits of les Bessards, Greffieux, le Méal and les Beaumes, Chapoutier's 2019 Hermitage Monier de la Sizeranne offers up scents of cedar, leather, spice, dried cherries and fresh plums. It's full-bodied, rich and almost creamy on the palate, then softly dusty on the long finish. While not as concentrated or cellar-worthy as the various selections parcellaires, it's still a worthy effort, not an afterthought.

Winemaker Notes

The color is ruby red with nuances tending to garnet. The intense, fine and complex perfume develops on notes of Morello cherry enhanced by a background note of spices, mostly cinnamon and cloves. On the palate, the initial tactile phase in which we can appreciate the structure, fullness and roundness, is followed by a persistent finish assured by the dense and silky tannic weft and a harmonious return of the olfactory end-notes.