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Cellar/Tasting Notes
Hermitage is perhaps the most enduringly prestigious of all Rhone Valley appellations. Robert Parker's Wine Advocate (RP): 98+ "Like the concentrated essence of bee’s honey with resiny, flower, and mineral notes, the 2003 Ermitage Le Meal blanc is a huge, full-bodied, even tannic effort with amazing viscosity and thickness ..." Stephen Tanzer (ST): 92 "... super ripe and deep, hinting at candied fruit, honey, clove and minerals. Fatter, sweeter and more open today, with a very ripe flavor of pear syrup. More marked by the oak. Very large-scaled, powerful wine, with a somewhat warm finish ..." Wine Spectator (WS): 97 "On the shy side aromatically (for now) this sneaks up on you with waves of almond, mango, papaya and glazed pear flavors. The texture is like coconut milk, the powerful finish is long and full of minerality. Great spine here, with marvelous balance ..." |