(Ferraton Ermitage Le Meal) #1; COLOR-really dark; NOSE-a superb black tea component; very heavy tea meets Tobasco/jalapeno/black pepper; so tea and spicy; dark fruit (blackberry; blackcurrant and crushed blueberry) and a hint of floral potpourri action; nice nose; PALATE-this is the best wine of the bunch as this has the silkiness of Usseglio, but just tastes better and a little more complexity and creaminess; this wine is so meaty and so viscous and so thick and so powerful that I feel like biting it; this is like a Ivan Drago punch, but then caught and hugged by Cindy Crawford in her prime (the Pepsi commercial with her jean shorts); what I mean is that this is that the power is intense, but the polish, beauty, elegance and sexiness on the back-end is spectacular; this is just one delicious bottle of wine dominated by dark fruit surrounded by black tea and hinted with earthiness; the silkiness of this wine is just SICK; this is spectacular; RP-93; WS-94; GV-95
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By Josh Raynolds
(Ferraton Pere et Fils Ermitage Le Meal) Login and sign up and see review text.January/February 2008, IWC Issue #136, (See more on Vinous...)