1997 M. Chapoutier Ermitage Le Pavillon

Community Tasting Notes (55) Avg Score: 93.1 points

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  1/9/2024 - jmoon Likes this wine: 97 Points

  A near pinnacle Syrah experience. Perfectly balanced from first pour and held its own over two hours. Amazing deep plush with fresh saline tang and no ox.

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  6/14/2022 - Whitman wrote:

  This was a frustrating experience. The first 30 minutes it was everything you could wish, but then it was pretty tight and never again showed its glory although i was very patient and decanted it severel times. This would be like 94 p. initially and later 91-92 p.
  
  Initially this was very intense on the nose, first pretty earthy, but later also with olives, tobacco, tea flavors and black fruit. A big wine with a nice attack and blackberry ending in a pretty long finish with some acidity.
  This might be closed at the moment or maybe its beginning to be over the hill. If i had another bottle i would wait, i dont think there's anything to loose.

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  5/30/2022 - Andice wrote: 91 Points

  Started off really musty and borderline corked flavours. But with 30mins air this blew off to reveal a very elegant resolved hermitage. Reasonable length and depth given the vintage and seems like falling off soon

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  12/23/2021 - Handy1 wrote: 91 Points

  Strong acid when first tasted. Then decanted and opened some. Fruit not as strong as i would like. Overall good wine but not more

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  9/19/2021 - boillatm Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Hard to judge this one.
  
  Earlier this year I had a (wine) life changing experience when I drank a bottle of Le Méal 1999 by Chapoutier. That was my first Hermitage, a truly amazing wine. Since then, I've tried to acquire some more bottles by this producer as long as they're reasonable priced.
  
  Back to the wine: I got the bottle in an auction. It was in a perfect shape. We opened the bottle approximately two hours before serving and decanted with Optiwine. It was served with grilled meat.
  
  I can related to the previous note on the Burgundian character of the wine. Integrated tanins, medium bodied and medium finish. Wood, cured meat and mushroom aromas.
  
  Overall a rather underwhelming if enjoyable wine, but perhaps my expectations were too high. In any case, give the wine a good decant!

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