Maison les Alexandrins (MLA) Hermitage Blanc 2016
White Wine from Rhone Valley, France
Maison les Alexandrins (MLA) Hermitage Blanc 2016
White Wine from Rhone Valley, France
The history of Hermitage is very old and according to a number of books it goes back to the Romans (500 years before Christ). The local legend relates the story of an 18th century knight who, returning from a crusade, built a chapel at the top of a hill and lived there like a hermit, hence the name Ermitage. Returning from a trip to Ermitage in 1787, Thomas Jefferson, the American Ambassador in France, declared his admiration for this white wine the best wine in the world, with no equal. His comments on the red wines were just as praising Full-bodied, dark purple with exquisite flavours.
Pretty yellow colour, dense with green undertones. The nose is complex and subtle with a mixture of ripe fruit (quince, honey) and fresh fruit (peach, lemon, acacia flowers, sweet spices). The attack is powerful and then develops into a beautiful balanced wine, rich and persistent. The finish is long, aromatic and very elegant.