Community Tasting Notes 51

• essenceofreal wrote:

  March 29, 2024 - This was a bit of an enigma.
  
  Opening was big, clumsy, wave of heat from the alcohol and unbalanced. Decanted, an hour later smoothed out but not complex nor interesting. Had a very slight tinge of cardboard on the very back end. Seemed like it was past its prime by a while, not really drinkable. Nothing like previous bottles I've had.
  
  After 3 hours in the decanter cardboard blew off, smoother, but still felt the flavor was lacking. Got better, a bit decent, yet still not even close to previous experiences. Saved half the bottle to try in the next day or two.
  
  Regardless, could tell was a really nice wine at some point in its life, just that those years were long gone unfortunately.

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• vvWine.ch wrote: 90 points

  March 1, 2024 - (100% Marsanne, 13.5% Alkohol) Gereiftes Gelb. Die Nase ist offen, leicht stechend, leimige Noten, Kleber, reife Frucht. Im Gaumen zugänglich, weich, milde Säure, fein verwoben mit der Frucht, weniger druckvoll und deutlich weniger elegant als der 2006er im Glas daneben. Langer, würziger, nussiger Nachhall. Trinken.

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• Peech Does not like this wine: 86 points

  March 15, 2023 - very oxidized and overripe, lots of acetone and pineapple notes.

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• the player Likes this wine: 96 points

  February 17, 2023 - Still an incredible experience even this being my 11th bottle in more than 10 years. Golden metallic amber yellow, decanted and aerated for 90 minutes then drank over two hours. No more gun flint on the nose but rather mature dark yellow fruits, honeycomb, apricots, some stone however no sweetness but rather plump and complex on the palate, pure power and can stand up to most reds. Finishes long and layered. A true marvel of a wine. The Château Latour of whites in my book.

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• Philip67 Likes this wine: 96 points

  January 13, 2023 - Wow! This is big and rich, in fact probably the biggest white wine I've ever had. Golden amber colour. Fully mature, honey, caramel, dried apricot and canned peaches. Long and complex. Drink now. I'm afraid I don't know how long it will last but the caramel tells me it is likely to decline from here.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2003
• Type White
• Producer M. Chapoutier
• Varietal Marsanne
• Designation Ermitage Blanc
• Vineyard De L'Orée
• Country France
• Region Rhône
• SubRegion Northern Rhône
• Appellation Hermitage
• UPC Code 000000019088

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• In Cellars 544 (59%)
• Consumed 359 (39%)

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