Wine Advocate #204 - Dec 2012
Score:100
Another perfect wine, the 2009 Hermitage Ex-Voto is surprisingly supple and more approachable than the two single vineyard 2009 Cote Roties, La Turque and La Landonne. The massive Ex-Voto boasts abundant notes of spring flowers, blackberries, cassis, licorice, graphite and forest floor. Extremely full-bodied with sweet tannin and levels of extravagance and flamboyance that are mind-boggling, it will drink well for 30+ years. Robert Parker.
Wine Spectator - Vol. 9, No. 33 - Aug. 21, 2013
Score : 97
This has a distinctive singed mesquite note out front, along with sandalwood, black tea and juniper hints, followed by a very densely packed core of raspberry, plum and blackberry confiture flavors. The long, charcoal-studded finish has a great tug of roasted earth. Dynamic and expressive, this should cellar effortlessly. Best from 2015 through 2035. From France. James Molesworth.
Bettane+Desseauve
Score : 18/20
Arôme noble de mûre mais avec beaucoup de nuances balsamiques, grandes dimensions liées à l'élevage long qui élargit la texture, très long, accompli, un rien trop démonstratif.