Rhône or Nôwhere 2.0 (Malcolm, NE): 100% old-vine Marsanne from the Le Méal lieu dit which is predominately south facing. The 2007 “Le Méal” is a wine of beauty and balance with notes of yellow flowers, wet stone and honey suckle. Surprisingly fresh for a 2007. Super delicious with monkfish, sweet potato, leek, and winter truffle. Drink now through 2037. Merci Dave!
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One hour slow oxidation. Pours a brilliant medium gold. Inviting aromas of spiced, poached white pear, honeysuckle, lightly pickled ginger, a feint touch of honey, damp stones, quince, and orange oil. Ultra-concentrated, waxy yet silken - the palate is a dense, powerful delight that finishes with a touch of phenolic bitterness akin to grapefruit pith.
Baking spices, pineapple, damp mossy rocks, and red apple skin in beautiful delineation on the nose. An absolute firework display on the palette. Baking spices first, then more of a baked pineapple, like a pineapple tarte tatin, also with vanilla custard. A lovely tart bitterness on the finish. Great purity.
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This was dense golden yellow, beautiful nose and just perfectly resolved and drinking with apricots and pineapples. So balanced, just a stunning wine developing mild secondary characteristics.
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From Methusalem. Tasted vis-a-vis d l'Oree & Ermite from the same format and the same vintage, this is certainly in the manly, mineral and serious of the three. From this format it has not moved much since the last grand party, it remains a complex wine a real Hermitage with honey notes and citrus balanced by the mineral core. #ChapoutiersOFFparti#DVR2022
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Badly oxidized. This is the second bottle of this wine that was oxidized. Also had a bottle that was corked. Only 1 of 4 bottles worth drinking. Wondering if others have had this experience.
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Very beautiful wine. Opened up after 60 minutes, but was better when served chilled vs room temperature. Glycerin, stones and honey. Paired quite well with crab cakes and halibut.
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A friend brought this over for dinner. I was blown away. This as close to a perfect white wine as I've ever had. The wine was completely integrated in everyway. Perfectly balanced. Great fruit. Smooth as silk. Perfect acid. Perfect alcohol. Normally, I don't write reviews on wines I did not take from my own cellar, but this wine merits an exception. This is one of the best white wines of my life. Truly memorable. Wow. Silk perfection.
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First, I have to profess that I generally do not care for Rhone whites. But this was awesome. Medium deep gold, restrained, elegant but incisive and focused nose. Very smooth palate, with great acidity, no flabbiness at all that I often associate w N Rhone whites. Sweet roasted citrus flavours, this is really quite spectacular. Deep, finely appointed, elegant. Delicious.
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pours a rich golden yellow with nose of butterscotch and citrus. Somewhat oily rich texture and flavors of honeyed orange and minerals and a medium finish. No sign of decline and drinking very well now.
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A full bodied wine with high but balanced alcohol. Though there is white fleshed fruit, peach and quince, the honey sweetness it showed some years before has given its place to some sort of mineral aromas, or is it a first sign of oxidation? But I guess there's no rush to drink up. In any case this wine now is fantastic!
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The wine was a deep gold in color. I found it a bit shy at first on the nose, but that developed with time in the glass. The palate was gorgeous, viscous with honey, pepper, tangerine. Nice mineral notes. Lovely acidity and beautiful balance. Finishes long and deeply flavored.
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Rhone Dinner (Bobo): Quite a change up from the Cuilleron St. Peray - much richer in mouthfeel and body. On the nose ripe white peach and butterscotch. Color is golden yellow. Taste of yellow summer peach, with some toasted honey and then a bit of a flush of heat on the finish.
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Rhone May Dinner (Bobo): Very different than the St Peray which was all acid and light. This also has some great balance, but it is a full mouthful. Reminds me of when I sucked the honeysuckle nectar as a kid. Bit of that white flower and bit of the honey (with a consistency that is very reminiscent of honey). Pretty and powerful.
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At West London Wine School's 2007 Rhone Superstar Tasting. Clear bright gold. Beautiful honey bee and wax nose. Honeysuckle, pear, fennel and tropical fruit with a lavendar finish that lasted 30-plus seconds. Amazing depth and texture, no hard edges whatsoever. Killer wine!
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Chapoutier Ermitage Tasting (Alpharetta, GA): Golden green; golden apple, poached pear, big and rich, apricot, lemon, waxy, oak, marzipan, pie crust; waxy and rich on the palate as well, luxurious texture teetering on heavy, minerality, yellow and green fruit, still youthful; delicious.
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Mivvy Back in Town: Golden colour. Plenty of intensity on the nose, apricot, vanilla, some saline and almond notes. Palate is full and bold, but in context it feels balanced. Good interest and texture. Really good length. Lovely stuff.
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Golden colour; developing honeyed/nutty nose. Complex, captivating. Real mineral edge here - the nose is fantastic; complex, rich, rounded. Quite weighty. Ready - acidity could fall going forwards. Huge flavour. Long, complex finish.
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This is what great wine is all about. Just stunning nose with candied ginger, citrus, a hint of chamomile, vanilla, crushed rocks...amazingly complex. On the palate, this is amazingly dense and viscous at first, but the acid kicks in and makes this surprisingly weightless after a minute. More crushed rocks and ginger...suggestion of RS, and the alcohol becomes visible on a finish that reminds me of the szechuan peppercorn (the one that numbs your mouth). Long finish. I don't know what else I could ask for in this wine.
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Astounding white, this is undoubtedly one of the great dry white wines of the world. Exuberant nose of minerals, white fleshed fruit, full bodied but supremely balanced. Long finish. While undoubtedly Rhone in character it had a Burgundian feel.
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This cuvee hits the the spot again. Served right after de L'Oree, this is more majestic, more precise, more mineral, Grand Vin indeed. Still young. from Methusalem. #Chapoutier-party
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Served blind. From magnum. 100pt nose... Unbelievable freshness and complexity...! So young, so much promise, yet so f***ing tasty. Flabbergasted. Again.
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The birthday of a good friend; Mostly beautiful magnums (@ PZ): No formal notes. Drank from magnum. Just some words in the order they came up while enjoying. Full bodied and fat in a beautiful way. Oak, some spiciness, beautiful acidity, some honey, ripe yellow fruits like peach. A truly beautiful wine close to perfection. Still in its infant stage? Nevertheless/anyway a true feast now! Delicious! 97 - 98
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This is becoming a monumental wine. Great finesse, absolute clarity of flavours which combine apple and quince with mineral notes. One of the best whites I've ever had the pleasure to drink.
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Lunch with Chris and Joey; Non-Blind (Bin 75): A very good wine, probably needed more air to open but it was one of those days, pnp and I was not getting the oak others described and the texture was also a little light showing only a bit of the lanolin and beeswax and a crisp citrusy finish than I'd expect from Meal Blanc, wish I could have sat there and evaluated it over a couple hours but it went down very easy.
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I was expecting more from this wine given the vintage and pedigree as well as my previous experience with the Cuvee de l"oree white Ermitage. Decanted and let breathe for about an hour and drank with friends at a dinner. Paired nicely with pan fried foie Gras with balsamic vinegar and berry reduction. On the nose, very opulent and exotic fruits, apricots, honey suckle, a hint of that petroleum depth, and vanilla oak. A little heavy on the oak for my taste. On the palate, rich fruits with apricots, pears, orange zest nicely balanced with good freshness and acidity. Nonetheless, less fatness on the wine than I expected, and a decent finish though not flabbergasting. Will keep my case for now and try another bottle in a few years.
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Light golden color. Needs a little time to open up, decanting is advised. Nose of almond paste, marzipan, tropical fruit, quince, orange rind etc. Full body, round texture but not fat. Fantastic with pork in sweet sauce.
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A small gathering at Mark's duck house - Grange, A shot in the dark, Rousseau, Yquem and more. (Marks duck house, Falls Church, Va): Although no longer showing the primary opulent tropical fruits, the nose is expressive. Yellow fruits, peach and apricot, a hint of orange rind, red grapefruit, honeysuckle, baking spices and starting to show a bit of lanoline and oyster shell which adds additional complexity. Exceptional concentration and nicely layered sweet ripe fruits. Although quite dense and ripe, the wine displays nice balance and no noticeable heat. I am not a big fan of the Chapoutier whites but this is showing incredibly well and thoroughly enjoyable at the moment. If you are a fan of the northern rhone whites, this is a must.
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The 2007 M. Chapoutier Ermitage Blanc Le Méal is bright medium gold in colour with a pleasant nose of chrysanthemum, slight orange peels and honeysuckle and definitely tropical notes spectrum of baked pineapples and green mangoes. A nose that makes one salivate on the palate. The initial acidity that floods the palate is quickly calmed down by its focused mid-palate fruit flavours of peaches, apricots and a gentle vanilla that finally finish on a clean cut acidity that concludes the wine as one of great balance and structure.
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Dream tasting (@ Merlet): Two years after my first note and wow! This wine shows beautifully now. A beautiful bouquet with ripe yellow fruits and good vanilla. Great! On the palate full bodied and rich; ripe yellow fruits, beautiful oak, a bit fat (positive), beautiful balance between sweetness and acidity, some pleasant bitterness,. Great wine now already! Long future.
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Dreamtasting #5 (Restaurant Merlet, Schoorl): My goodness, these white Chapoutiers are grabbing me by the throat, time and time again.... I was stunned by the multiple layers in the mysterious, Arabian Nights-like nuances of dried fruit, spicebox, incense, tea leaves, candied ginger and tropical flowers. Warm and caressing mouthfeel, soft, plush and charming. Appears to be in a really beautiful phase right now. Complex and impressive, wow! 18.5-19/20
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Astonishing purity, concentration and harmony. Light golden in colour and with a nose that intensifies as the time passes (can only benefit from decanting). Orange peel, quince, tea leaves, vanilla, tropical fruit - impossible to do justice to such an elegant, complete and harmonious nose. In the palate texture is creamy, flavour intensity is phenomenal, ripe white fleshed and tropical fruit, cream, citrus peel.... What is utterly remarkable is the purity and sense of wholeness this wine exudes. A true masterpiece!
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Game and Rhone Tasting @ Peggy's (Villa Reynart, Opoeteren): Soft, carressing, unctuous and oily. Although this seemingly low-acid peach-yoghurt-scented beauty has a firm oak impression in the back, it remains very pure, clean and focused and has wonderful fraicheur. Sure, it's way to young and maybe somewhat subdued on the nose, but - BOY - is this delicious. 18,5/20
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Lots of oak, with ripe stone fruit and melon. Nice acidity. The oak is rather poorly integrated right now. Perhaps this needs a lot more time., but I don't love it right now. 89.
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Pale glossy gold. Again a fabulous nose: intense, honeyed and spicy with dried apricot, cinnamon, ginger and cloves. Full and fat with great minerality and stunning flavour: ripe and tropical fruit, almond, arrowroot and vanilla. Exceptional length and a little note of bitter tannin at the back of the palate. Wow.
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3/7/2024 - thesternowl wrote: 94 Points
Rhône or Nôwhere 2.0 (Malcolm, NE): 100% old-vine Marsanne from the Le Méal lieu dit which is predominately south facing. The 2007 “Le Méal” is a wine of beauty and balance with notes of yellow flowers, wet stone and honey suckle. Surprisingly fresh for a 2007. Super delicious with monkfish, sweet potato, leek, and winter truffle. Drink now through 2037. Merci Dave!
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1/18/2024 - Peter Z. Likes this wine: 97 Points
Needed air to open
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3/25/2023 - paintinginacave Likes this wine: 94 Points
One hour slow oxidation. Pours a brilliant medium gold. Inviting aromas of spiced, poached white pear, honeysuckle, lightly pickled ginger, a feint touch of honey, damp stones, quince, and orange oil. Ultra-concentrated, waxy yet silken - the palate is a dense, powerful delight that finishes with a touch of phenolic bitterness akin to grapefruit pith.
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3/25/2023 - Amberissey Likes this wine: 95 Points
Baking spices, pineapple, damp mossy rocks, and red apple skin in beautiful delineation on the nose. An absolute firework display on the palette. Baking spices first, then more of a baked pineapple, like a pineapple tarte tatin, also with vanilla custard. A lovely tart bitterness on the finish. Great purity.
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9/25/2022 - Hamersly wrote: flawed
Oxidized. Amber color, not unpleasant but significant butterscotch competing with the apricot and pineapple.
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8/30/2022 - LB88 wrote: 95 Points
This was dense golden yellow, beautiful nose and just perfectly resolved and drinking with apricots and pineapples. So balanced, just a stunning wine developing mild secondary characteristics.
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4/6/2022 - beatles wrote: 95 Points
From Methusalem. Tasted vis-a-vis d l'Oree & Ermite from the same format and the same vintage, this is certainly in the manly, mineral and serious of the three. From this format it has not moved much since the last grand party, it remains a complex wine a real Hermitage with honey notes and citrus balanced by the mineral core.
#ChapoutiersOFFparti#DVR2022
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1/7/2022 - sdsull wrote: flawed
Corked
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1/7/2022 - sdsull wrote: flawed
Badly oxidized. This is the second bottle of this wine that was oxidized. Also had a bottle that was corked. Only 1 of 4 bottles worth drinking. Wondering if others have had this experience.
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11/6/2021 - Pearls_b4Swine wrote: 94 Points
Excellent when room temp
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10/7/2021 - sdsull Likes this wine: 96 Points
Very beautiful wine. Opened up after 60 minutes, but was better when served chilled vs room temperature. Glycerin, stones and honey. Paired quite well with crab cakes and halibut.
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5/15/2021 - A&C Likes this wine: 99 Points
A friend brought this over for dinner. I was blown away. This as close to a perfect white wine as I've ever had. The wine was completely integrated in everyway. Perfectly balanced. Great fruit. Smooth as silk. Perfect acid. Perfect alcohol. Normally, I don't write reviews on wines I did not take from my own cellar, but this wine merits an exception. This is one of the best white wines of my life. Truly memorable. Wow. Silk perfection.
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3/21/2021 - winot Likes this wine: 94 Points
First, I have to profess that I generally do not care for Rhone whites. But this was awesome. Medium deep gold, restrained, elegant but incisive and focused nose. Very smooth palate, with great acidity, no flabbiness at all that I often associate w N Rhone whites. Sweet roasted citrus flavours, this is really quite spectacular. Deep, finely appointed, elegant. Delicious.
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2/13/2021 - G_H wrote:
Weird notes to start: pickled asparagus, cauliflower, oak, ripe apple and some baked apple. dense opulent and long
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7/6/2020 - vr.bart Likes this wine: 99 Points
Wow. This is simply fantastic! Incredible nose, intense long lasting palette. Nothing out of place. 99+
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2/27/2020 - Munch wrote: 94 Points
pours a rich golden yellow with nose of butterscotch and citrus. Somewhat oily rich texture and flavors of honeyed orange and minerals and a medium finish. No sign of decline and drinking very well now.
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11/25/2019 - Stefanos T. Likes this wine: 95 Points
A full bodied wine with high but balanced alcohol.
Though there is white fleshed fruit, peach and quince, the honey sweetness it showed some years before has given its place to some sort of mineral aromas, or is it a first sign of oxidation? But I guess there's no rush to drink up. In any case this wine now is fantastic!
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9/22/2019 - Zweder wrote: flawed
Occasional dinner group: A mixed set of wines. (@ Zarzo, Eindhoven, The Netherlands): Corked
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7/12/2019 - Charlie C Likes this wine: 93 Points
The wine was a deep gold in color. I found it a bit shy at first on the nose, but that developed with time in the glass. The palate was gorgeous, viscous with honey, pepper, tangerine. Nice mineral notes. Lovely acidity and beautiful balance. Finishes long and deeply flavored.
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5/13/2019 - retired_and_roving Likes this wine:
Rhone Dinner (Bobo): Quite a change up from the Cuilleron St. Peray - much richer in mouthfeel and body. On the nose ripe white peach and butterscotch. Color is golden yellow. Taste of yellow summer peach, with some toasted honey and then a bit of a flush of heat on the finish.
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5/13/2019 - MC2 Wines wrote:
Rhone May Dinner (Bobo): Very different than the St Peray which was all acid and light. This also has some great balance, but it is a full mouthful. Reminds me of when I sucked the honeysuckle nectar as a kid. Bit of that white flower and bit of the honey (with a consistency that is very reminiscent of honey). Pretty and powerful.
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1/27/2019 - OleBerg Likes this wine: 94 Points
Gyllen farve. Med + intens.
Tropisk, pære, kvede, vanilje, floral, lavendel. Fat og moden frukt.
Medium intens smak. God fylde med integrert fat på smak. Lav syre. Fin medium lengde med floral Finnish.
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1/24/2019 - Raizes Likes this wine: 93 Points
开瓶就有很好的果味,白梨、黄苹果,咸奶油和蜂蜜,以及好像加了一点水的M记香甜玉米杯,醒酒后出现逐渐更多的酒精味。非常芳香的特质掩盖了酸度的些微欠缺,不过也并非丰满圆润的风格,多少有些锋利的棱角。总的来说是一款四平八稳的匠心(或匠气,取决于关注点)之作。
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6/14/2018 - Lord of the Bottles Likes this wine: 95 Points
At West London Wine School's 2007 Rhone Superstar Tasting. Clear bright gold. Beautiful honey bee and wax nose. Honeysuckle, pear, fennel and tropical fruit with a lavendar finish that lasted 30-plus seconds. Amazing depth and texture, no hard edges whatsoever. Killer wine!
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9/25/2017 - Rezy13 Likes this wine:
Chapoutier Ermitage Tasting (Alpharetta, GA): Golden green; golden apple, poached pear, big and rich, apricot, lemon, waxy, oak, marzipan, pie crust; waxy and rich on the palate as well, luxurious texture teetering on heavy, minerality, yellow and green fruit, still youthful; delicious.
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8/30/2017 - CamWheeler wrote: 92 Points
Mivvy Back in Town: Golden colour. Plenty of intensity on the nose, apricot, vanilla, some saline and almond notes. Palate is full and bold, but in context it feels balanced. Good interest and texture. Really good length. Lovely stuff.
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7/11/2017 - vespasian wrote:
Golden colour; developing honeyed/nutty nose. Complex, captivating. Real mineral edge here - the nose is fantastic; complex, rich, rounded. Quite weighty. Ready - acidity could fall going forwards. Huge flavour. Long, complex finish.
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6/21/2017 - Aravind Asok wrote:
This is what great wine is all about. Just stunning nose with candied ginger, citrus, a hint of chamomile, vanilla, crushed rocks...amazingly complex. On the palate, this is amazingly dense and viscous at first, but the acid kicks in and makes this surprisingly weightless after a minute. More crushed rocks and ginger...suggestion of RS, and the alcohol becomes visible on a finish that reminds me of the szechuan peppercorn (the one that numbs your mouth). Long finish. I don't know what else I could ask for in this wine.
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6/13/2017 - Stefanos T. Likes this wine: 97 Points
Astounding white, this is undoubtedly one of the great dry white wines of the world. Exuberant nose of minerals, white fleshed fruit, full bodied but supremely balanced. Long finish. While undoubtedly Rhone in character it had a Burgundian feel.
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4/12/2017 - beatles wrote: 96 Points
This cuvee hits the the spot again. Served right after de L'Oree, this is more majestic, more precise, more mineral, Grand Vin indeed. Still young.
from Methusalem. #Chapoutier-party
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3/3/2017 - jkoenen wrote: 99 Points
Served blind. From magnum. 100pt nose...
Unbelievable freshness and complexity...! So young, so much promise, yet so f***ing tasty. Flabbergasted. Again.
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3/3/2017 - Zweder wrote: 98 Points
The birthday of a good friend; Mostly beautiful magnums (@ PZ): No formal notes. Drank from magnum. Just some words in the order they came up while enjoying. Full bodied and fat in a beautiful way. Oak, some spiciness, beautiful acidity, some honey, ripe yellow fruits like peach. A truly beautiful wine close to perfection. Still in its infant stage? Nevertheless/anyway a true feast now! Delicious! 97 - 98
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11/29/2016 - Stefanos T. Likes this wine: 97 Points
This is becoming a monumental wine.
Great finesse, absolute clarity of flavours which combine apple and quince with mineral notes. One of the best whites I've ever had the pleasure to drink.
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8/1/2014 - Rezy13 Likes this wine:
Lunch with Chris and Joey; Non-Blind (Bin 75): A very good wine, probably needed more air to open but it was one of those days, pnp and I was not getting the oak others described and the texture was also a little light showing only a bit of the lanolin and beeswax and a crisp citrusy finish than I'd expect from Meal Blanc, wish I could have sat there and evaluated it over a couple hours but it went down very easy.
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5/17/2014 - the player Likes this wine: 93 Points
I was expecting more from this wine given the vintage and pedigree as well as my previous experience with the Cuvee de l"oree white Ermitage. Decanted and let breathe for about an hour and drank with friends at a dinner. Paired nicely with pan fried foie Gras with balsamic vinegar and berry reduction. On the nose, very opulent and exotic fruits, apricots, honey suckle, a hint of that petroleum depth, and vanilla oak. A little heavy on the oak for my taste. On the palate, rich fruits with apricots, pears, orange zest nicely balanced with good freshness and acidity. Nonetheless, less fatness on the wine than I expected, and a decent finish though not flabbergasting. Will keep my case for now and try another bottle in a few years.
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12/27/2013 - Stefanos T. Likes this wine: 96 Points
Light golden color.
Needs a little time to open up, decanting is advised.
Nose of almond paste, marzipan, tropical fruit, quince, orange rind etc.
Full body, round texture but not fat. Fantastic with pork in sweet sauce.
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9/22/2013 - dcwino wrote: 96 Points
A small gathering at Mark's duck house - Grange, A shot in the dark, Rousseau, Yquem and more. (Marks duck house, Falls Church, Va): Although no longer showing the primary opulent tropical fruits, the nose is expressive. Yellow fruits, peach and apricot, a hint of orange rind, red grapefruit, honeysuckle, baking spices and starting to show a bit of lanoline and oyster shell which adds additional complexity. Exceptional concentration and nicely layered sweet ripe fruits. Although quite dense and ripe, the wine displays nice balance and no noticeable heat. I am not a big fan of the Chapoutier whites but this is showing incredibly well and thoroughly enjoyable at the moment. If you are a fan of the northern rhone whites, this is a must.
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8/4/2013 - Average Wine Guy (MH) wrote: 93 Points
The 2007 M. Chapoutier Ermitage Blanc Le Méal is bright medium gold in colour with a pleasant nose of chrysanthemum, slight orange peels and honeysuckle and definitely tropical notes spectrum of baked pineapples and green mangoes. A nose that makes one salivate on the palate. The initial acidity that floods the palate is quickly calmed down by its focused mid-palate fruit flavours of peaches, apricots and a gentle vanilla that finally finish on a clean cut acidity that concludes the wine as one of great balance and structure.
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6/8/2013 - Zweder wrote: 96 Points
Dream tasting (@ Merlet): Two years after my first note and wow! This wine shows beautifully now. A beautiful bouquet with ripe yellow fruits and good vanilla. Great! On the palate full bodied and rich; ripe yellow fruits, beautiful oak, a bit fat (positive), beautiful balance between sweetness and acidity, some pleasant bitterness,. Great wine now already! Long future.
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6/8/2013 - jkoenen wrote: 95 Points
Dreamtasting #5 (Restaurant Merlet, Schoorl): My goodness, these white Chapoutiers are grabbing me by the throat, time and time again.... I was stunned by the multiple layers in the mysterious, Arabian Nights-like nuances of dried fruit, spicebox, incense, tea leaves, candied ginger and tropical flowers. Warm and caressing mouthfeel, soft, plush and charming. Appears to be in a really beautiful phase right now. Complex and impressive, wow! 18.5-19/20
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1/9/2012 - Stefanos T. wrote: 97 Points
Astonishing purity, concentration and harmony. Light golden in colour and with a nose that intensifies as the time passes (can only benefit from decanting). Orange peel, quince, tea leaves, vanilla, tropical fruit - impossible to do justice to such an elegant, complete and harmonious nose. In the palate texture is creamy, flavour intensity is phenomenal, ripe white fleshed and tropical fruit, cream, citrus peel.... What is utterly remarkable is the purity and sense of wholeness this wine exudes. A true masterpiece!
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11/19/2011 - jkoenen wrote: 94 Points
Game and Rhone Tasting @ Peggy's (Villa Reynart, Opoeteren): Soft, carressing, unctuous and oily. Although this seemingly low-acid peach-yoghurt-scented beauty has a firm oak impression in the back, it remains very pure, clean and focused and has wonderful fraicheur. Sure, it's way to young and maybe somewhat subdued on the nose, but - BOY - is this delicious. 18,5/20
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11/15/2011 - cartime wrote:
Lots of oak, with ripe stone fruit and melon. Nice acidity. The oak is rather poorly integrated right now. Perhaps this needs a lot more time., but I don't love it right now. 89.
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10/28/2011 - Zweder wrote:
Completely locked. There are yellow fruits and minerals. Also good freshness. Wait 5 - 10 years? No score for now.
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11/6/2010 - Biggsy wrote: 96 Points
Pale glossy gold. Again a fabulous nose: intense, honeyed and spicy with dried apricot, cinnamon, ginger and cloves. Full and fat with great minerality and stunning flavour: ripe and tropical fruit, almond, arrowroot and vanilla. Exceptional length and a little note of bitter tannin at the back of the palate. Wow.
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