Ermitage Le Meal Blanc 2006 Chapoutier

Klassifiziering	Cru Classe
Typ	Weisswein
Marke	Chapoutier
Jahrgang	2006
Land	Frankreich
Region	Rhone
Inhalt	0,75
Zustand	Perfekt
Label	Perfekt
Trinkbar	-2030
Vorrat	0

Professionelle Bewertungen

Robert Parker (99)

From a warmer micro-climate, the 2006 Ermitage Le Meal blanc boasts extraordinarily intense fruit, glycerin, and tactile impression. Stones, cherries, red currants, quince, and honeyed citrus are all present in this colossal wine that is unctuously textured, very full-bodied, and super-ripe and long. It reveals less noticeable acidity than l’Oree or l’Ermite, and, like Les Granits, it is a wine that can be drunk early, but it should last for 25-30 years. While Michel Chapoutier produces some of the world’s greatest wines from single parcels of old vines spread throughout the northern and southern Rhone (see my ecstatic reviews of his 2007 and 2006 Chateauneuf du Papes in issue #179), he also has an impressive portfolio of value-priced wines that are often over-looked when this impressive producer is discussed. Following are some top-notch picks that all sell for exceptionally fair prices. Chapoutier has not achieved as great as success in Cornas as he has in the other northern Rhone a

Winespectator (97)

Powerful?and slightly bass heavy for now?with apricot, peach and persimmon notes leading the way, followed by alluring piecrust, salted butter, yellow apple and mineral notes that stretch out the finish. Needs a little time to come together fully, but then should cruise in the cellar.?

BOW (9.25)