2013 Ermitage Rouge, L'Ermite, M. Chapoutier, RhôneAs you climb towards the chapel, the soil gets thinner and thinner until all left is pure granite, and purity is certainly a key descriptor for LErmite in 2013. Parsimonious yields and minimal intervention are responsible for this, the definitive statement of Syrah, a wine that effortlessly combines charm and austerity, simplicity and encyclopaedic complexity, reticence and expansive poetry. Berry Bros. & Rudd