Chapoutier, Ermitage Meal Blanc Vintage:2021 this is a wine to

this is a wine to lay down

but with good balancing acidity

The lilting and lacy medium weight flavors possess a refined mouth feel on the mineral-driven flavors that are almost delicate while terminating in a restrained and lingering finish

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

fresh and even cool yet ripe liqueur-like red and black currant aromas that are liberally sprinkled with sauvage

Chapoutier, Ermitage Meal Blanc Vintage:2021 this is a wine toShowing 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.