1999 Ermitage Blanc, Le Méal, M. Chapoutier, Rhône Size:75cl Quite delicate

Quite delicate

Its dosage is 3

The growers really seem to be on the same wavelength in so many ways

and has a real sense of minerality and great persistence

The super-ripe tannins are accompanied by layer upon layer of fruit alongside a freshness and firm acidity

1999 Ermitage Blanc, Le Méal, M. Chapoutier, Rhône Size:75cl Quite delicateChapoutier's brilliant 1999 Ermitage Le Meal is essentially a liqueur of white Hermitage. Notes of pear liqueur intertwined with fino sherry, peaches, minerals, nuts, and licorice are offered in an amazingly concentrated, super extracted style that manages to be delicate as well as precise. This is a 40 50 year dry white, that will undoubtedly close down in 3 4 years and re emerge a decade later. Along with Gerard and Jean Louis Chave, Chapoutier is