Chapoutier, Ermitage Meal Vintage:2011 lacking some spark

lacking some spark

so it's not all barrique

The 2015 Barolo Villero offers richness and darkness with fruit from Castiglione Falletto

This has the legs to age well over the medium to even longer-term but should drink reasonably well young if desired

Chapoutier, Ermitage Meal Vintage:2011 lacking some sparkEven inkier in color than the 2010, the 2009 Ermitage le Meal is as good as Hermitage gets. Locked and loaded with phenomenal notes of jammy black raspberries, creme de cassis, crushed violets, smoked earth and spice, it's thick and unctuous on the palate, with incredible density, a huge mid palate and a layered, multi dimensional, seamless, elegant texture that just keeps you coming back and begging for another sip. More hedonistic and voluptuous