Chapoutier, Ermitage Ermite other_regions 17% Petit Verdot

17% Petit Verdot

flinty touches to the nose - it’s still extremely young - with green and red apple notes and some clear slate and wet stone minerality

-- Ian D'Agata

spice and a very linear mineral tone at the back

I'd like to see more proof of development here around 2030

Chapoutier, Ermitage Ermite other_regions 17% Petit VerdotThis feels like an entire magnum of wine was somehow, crammed into a single bottle. Inky in color, this is so dense, it fills your mouth, coats your palate, staining your teeth and palate with a massive wall of fruit, tannin and crushed stones. There is a fabulous purity to the fruit and a lushness to the texture that lets you know, this wine means business. 2 3 decades are needed for this to really come around. But it will get there. However, unless