A nice 2012

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Januar

The single‐ , or Sélections Parcellaires, 2010 whites are absolutely amazing. Eritage Pavillon 2010:

Wait 10‐15 years and drink it over the following 50‐100 » Robert Parker

Hermitage L’Ermite white 2010 98-100/100 Hermitage L’Ermite white 2009 100/100 Ermitage L’Ermite red 2010 98-100/100 Ermitage L’Ermite red 2009 98+/100 Ermitage De l’Orée white 2010 98-100/100 Ermitage De L’Orée white 2009 100/100 Ermitage Le Pavillon 2010 98-100/100 Ermitage Le Pavillon 2009 100/100 Hermitage Le Méal 2009 99/100

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Febrar

Chapoutier is the second most non‐Bordeaux taded brand in Januar 2012 together with Comte de Voge (number 1) and Domaine de la Romanée Conti (number 3). » Liv-Ex Fine Index

It is a connerie. It is rbbish. It’s like making vinegar, bad vinegar. How can anyone allow toxic yeasts to develop so that these inhabit the wine? It is exaordinar that people defend products with defects on the gounds that in the past gowers were making wines with defects, so that is good, or natral. Those old wines had defects be‐ cause people lacked the tools and means not to make fault‐ee wines. » Michel Chapoutier in

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March

Michel Chapoutier is « of the Year 2012 » in the German magazine Der Feinschmecker.

Launch of the new En Primeurs campaign

For Sélections Parcellaires, the En Primeurs offer makes sense just like it used to be in Bor‐ deaux: it is a unique oppornit to acquire wines with a geat potential, at an affordable price, before intera‐ tional wine critics star publishing their own opinion. At Chapou‐ tier, we want to peretatethe En Primeurs tadition for wine lovers who want to get an access to some boles of our best limited single .» Michel Chapoutier

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April

Chapoutier has made a pre impressive set of 2011s in the nor‐ ther appellations. As usual, the white St Joseph Granits is exaordinarily good for the money, and the red not far behind. But what's equally impressive about this lot of wines is how good those made in other regions are. The Bila Haut wines om Roussillon seem to get more and more finesse as well as muscle ‐ especially the one om the village of Lesquierde. The Austalian, om high count in Victoria, is really smar ‐ and I absolutely loved the

Alsace . » Financial Times

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May

The renowned Rhone producer, showing his new range of Alsace wines at Decanter, said ‘Riesling should never smell of petol. That is a result of a mistake during .’ Comparing the debate over petol aromas in Riesling to the issue of breanomyces, Chapoutier said It is absurd that ‘historical defects in wine should be accepted as par of the charac‐

ter of the wine’. First vintage of Alsace wines released

Chapoutier said that the petol characteristic, which is oſten prized amongst Riesling aficionados, is a result of decomposition of the veins within the gape. These veins become more agile as the gape matres. The vital aspect of Riesling vinification is the gentlest of pressings, oſten taking 12 hours, Chapoutier said, so as to avoid breakdown of the vascu‐ lar stctre within the gape. » Decanter

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June

M.Chapoutier is the World’s Most Admired Brand according to a survey by Drinks International Magazine.

It’s easy to prove you can make a geat bole of wine for $150 om Heritage. But to make a geat bole of wine for $20 om someplace else? That’s entirely different. When you have an entirely different margin for cost and price yet you still put that same effor in to make something geat! That’s special, and not everone is willing to

do that. » Michel Chapoutier

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September

of Wine Spectator's Top 25 scoring wines in 2012 happen to 9 be Michel Chapoutier's. And 3 of the top 5, including #1. (see pictre ‐ Jan 1 to Aug 31, 2012)

Aussie Chapoutier. Stnning vivacit. And a quar‐ tet of Chapoutier Aussie Shirazes that show

eshness, purit and definition. Impressive. »

James Molesworth

Chapoutier name pirated by Chinese clothing line

Maison Chapoutier, one of the most sigificant wine brands in China, is distibuted by Tores China. It has fallen victim to wine counterfeiters before, but this is

the first time a clothing brand has used its name.» Decanter

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October

Once met never forgoen. If there is a more energetic and ariculate wine producer in France than Michel Chapoutier I have yet to be swept up in his or her whirlwind. The range of wines Chapoutier is involved in creating is enorous‐ and England, he claims, is nex on his list. (The variet and location will raise eyebrows.) His top wines om the norher Rhone, the biodyamicallv cultivated selections parcellaires

are oſten dauntingly pricey, yet few if any disappoint. »

Decanter

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November

Michel Chapoutier has put his Rhone winer at the pinnacle of qualit, even as he exands an interational porfolio...For Michel Chapoutier, the most imporant thing in wine is its sense of place, its exression of teroir. His home, ancestal, personal and professional, is one of the tly geat teroirs of France: the hill of Heritage (…) When Chapoutier gets to the top of the hill and stars talking about wine, it’s a home game and he’s the heavy favorite. His company, M.Chapoutier, owns nearly one‐quarer of the vines in the Heritage appellation. His winer’s recent perforance is stnning: 38 of 46 Chapoutier wines reviewed eared ratings of 90 or more points; 15 eared classic ratings of 95 points or beer (…) While Heritage had historically been boled as blends of various vineyard parcels, de‐ pending on the vinters’ holdings, Chapoutier took a Burgndian approach, producing small‐production wines om specific lieux‐ dits, smaller within the appellation. » Wine Spectator

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December

Twent years om now, Winemaker Michel Chapoutier makes some of the most elegant, seamless Châteauneuf‐du‐Papes out I don’t see it being diffe‐ there and these 2010s are his best yet. Gorgeous wines rent om today, anyay you look at them. » M.Chapoutier will be making wine. There is The Rhone Report one thing I want to defend: making rare, teroir wines. It’s a cultre that must be de‐

fended. » Michel Chapoutier

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