Chapoutier, Ermitage Meal Vintage:2010 both suffering from hard tannin

both suffering from hard tannin

As with most of the single-vineyard wines from the vintage

Medium to deep garnet in color

intense and powerful

Seventeen percent was fermented in large

Chapoutier, Ermitage Meal Vintage:2010 both suffering from hard tanninEven inkier in color than the 2010, the 2009 Ermitage le Meal is as good as Hermitage gets. Locked and loaded with phenomenal notes of jammy black raspberries, creme de cassis, crushed violets, smoked earth and spice, it's thick and unctuous on the palate, with incredible density, a huge mid palate and a layered, multi dimensional, seamless, elegant texture that just keeps you coming back and begging for another sip. More hedonistic and voluptuous