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Region | Vintage | Wine | Size | Cs | Bts | Price |
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![]() | Rhône | 2019 | Ermitage Le Méal Blanc, Maison M. Chapoutier 6 bottle minimum order | BT | 3 | 6 | 1,450.00 | 12 | 42 | 161.11111066667 | 100.00 | 100.00 | Ermitage Le Meal Blanc, Chapoutier | 0.75 | ||
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The richest and most fruit loaded of the trio is the 2019 Ermitage Le Méal Blanc, which comes from a warmer terroir. This killer Hermitage Blanc has a vivid gold hue as well as a crazy good nose of quince, honeyed currants, acacia flowers, spice, and orange marmalade. It doesn't have the minerality of the L'Ermite (and to a lesser extent, the De l’Orée) yet has a more opulent, fat, unctuous style that's still flawlessly balanced and remarkably pure. This is another magical Hermitage from Chapoutier that does everything right. I followed this bottle for multiple days and it only improved with air. It's certainly the more early drinking of these three single vineyard releases, yet it still deserves 2-4 years of bottle age and should keep for 30 years or more.