Spectrum Fine Wine Auctions Home

The May 2019 Internet-Only Auction Part 4

Auction # 553 | View Auction Schedule and Details
Back to auction lot listing Back to Auction Lot Listing
Auction Ends: 5/23/2019 6:00:00 PM PDT

Lot #2574. M. Chapoutier Hermitage Les Greffieux 2012

Description: Consists of 6 Bottles, 0.75L
Packaging: OWC.
Region: France, Rhône, Hermitage.
Score: 97 WA.
"A wine I've been lucky enough to have multiple times recently, the 2012 Hermitage Les Greffieux is a full-bodied, deeply fruited, concentrated and blockbuster effort that's stays elegant, polished and balanced. Exhibiting incredible amounts of bloody meat, olive tapenade, campfire and sweet, expansive fruit . . . . Michel Chapoutier has once again produced one of the reference-point lineups for the entire Rhône Valley. Certainly, his 2012s lived up to my billing last year, and they’re easily some of the finest efforts produced in the vintage, not only with his top cuvees in Hermitage and Côte Rôtie, but also in the up-and-coming appellation of St Joseph, as well as in Condrieu (where his Coteaux du Chery is one of the finest in the appellation), St Péray and Crozes Hermitage. You can see my thrilled reviews on his 2012 Southern Rhônes in Issue 215. His 2012 whites were all reviewed last year from bottle, but they were included again in the massive tasting at this estate this year, so I opted to include them again. They all showed as good, if not better, than last year. Tasted out of bottle this year, the Le Meal, Pavillon and l’Ermite came in at the top of their barrel reviews from last year, which puts them on par with what was accomplished in 2009 and 2010. That’s shocking to me, but the proof is in the glass, as they say." Wine Advocate #216, Dec 2014
Lot Location: Orange County
Estimate: $850

Image Gallery



- Indicates you are the winning bidder for a specific lot.
- Indicates you are the highest bidder for a specific lot.
- Indicates you have been outbid on a specific lot.
*Price includes BP if auction is closed
^Reserve not met