Chapoutier, Ermitage Meal Blanc Vintage:2021 Sweet and penetrating on the

Sweet and penetrating on the palate

this is a wine to lay down

There is better delineation and energy to the more obviously mineral-driven flavors that deliver fine punch on the balanced and youthfully austere finale

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Chapoutier, Ermitage Meal Blanc Vintage:2021 Sweet and penetrating on theShowing some of the more mature notes found in the 2006, the medium gold colored 2004 Ermitage le Meal Blanc is another incredibly concentrated, thick and unctuous effort that's overflowing with notes of browned butter, marzipan, honeyed gold fruits and smoked earth. Layered, full bodied and with notable freshness and purity, it's drinking beautifully today but has another two plus decades of evolution.