NV M. Chapoutier Hermitage Cuvée Spéciale Numerotee Le Pavillon

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  4/26/2020 - Marc C Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Cuvée MC3
  
  Un vin qui m'aura donné du fil à retorde avec une aromatique tout d'abord marquée par quelque chose qui tenait de la vieille planche ou d'un léger bouchon et une bouche fuyante. Après 2h d'ouverture et 30 min an carafe étroite tout rentre dans l'ordre.
  
  Très beau nez chaud, sanguin avec encore des fruits rouges, des fleurs, jus de viande, des notes de fumée, de végétal et d'épices. Très très joli.
  Bouche puissante avec du volume et une belle trame qui tient le vin. Vu le début piteux, je suis surpris de retrouver tant de matière. Il valait mieux ne pas être pressé ! Les tannins, fins, se font encore légèrement sentir en dégustation pure mais renforce la présence du vin à table. Toute la palette aromatique perçue au nez est présente, renforçant le plaisir perçu.
  Bonne finale avec encore de la vitalité
  
  beaucoup au plaisir au final !

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  6/11/2016 - andrewstevenson.com wrote: 91 Points

  There is no obvious vintage on the label, but looking very closely right at the bottom of the label (escaping my phone camera's depth of field sadly in the image above) it says Cuvée LXXIII. Or something like that.
  This is one of Max Chapoutier's cuvées numérotées non-vintage blends, which I have to admit I had never heard of before. In brief, these numbered cuvées seem to be analogous to, say, Vega Sicilia's Reserva Especial multi-vintage blend, but it seems that nobody is sure what might actually be in this wine, just that Max Chapoutier thought this the best he could produce. But as it's sort-of-dated LXVIII, it must be a blend of pre-1973 vintages.
  
  Anyway ... what was it like?
  
  This has a lovely mature colour. The nose is completely fascinating, intriguing even. There's black fruit still, but overall it's very even and balanced, until occasionally something interesting, maybe floral, maybe fruity, maybe savoury comes along.
  Really good on the palate. There's some high toned notes very much to the fore, and it is certainly feeling old. Certainly older than the two 1966 clarets! There's a sort of Musarey-intriguingness and -pleasure to be found in this.
  
  Fully mature. If you happen to have one of the 10,540 bottles of this left in your cellar, I think now might be a good time to open it, as I can't see it improving much further.

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