2007 Ferraton Père & Fils Ermitage Le Méal

Community Tasting Notes (9) Avg Score: 93.3 points

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  7/3/2022 - ozyloy wrote: 92 Points

  Clear medium ruby
  On the nose: Blackberry, dark cherry, leather, savoury meat, pepper spice, dried herbs.
  On the palate: Medium+ acidity, medium+ body, fairly pronounced intensity with blackberry, sour cherry, leather, meat, spice box, oak, and a little sour prune that dissipated somewhat with air. Medium+ smooth tannins, medium+ finish.
  Expressive bouquet upon opening, but more muted on the palate with a slight sour note apparent on the finish. After 2 hours of slow ox in bottle this smoothened out a fair bit. Reasonably good but jury is still out on whether this is a representative bottle - will try again in a year or two. 92-93 pts on this showing.

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  10/8/2021 - awever Likes this wine: 95 Points

  Close to perfection, long, elegant, complex, red berries, a little sweetness from good aging

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  8/20/2019 - Stefanos T. Likes this wine: 95 Points

  Excellent Hermitage at a very nice stage to drink now though it can develop further in the medium turn.
  Nose is intense, complex, exotic, ethereal and astounding as in any Hermitage that respects its name: violets, plums, smoke, iodine, blood, bacon fat, olives - actually the aroma for me is elusive none of the above aromas can capture the feeling of a great Hermitage.
  Soft on the palate with smooth tannins, good balance and length. Very pleasing with good length. Might not be the 100pp Hermitage but when I drink a Hermitage I want what I got with this wine and then I am satisfied... and for this to happen these wines need at least 7-8 years in the bottle.

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  6/5/2019 - Isaac L wrote: 91 Points

  Dark fruit, stewed plum and a hint of black olive. More mineral than fruit-driven. Fine tannins but short finish. The 14% alcohol showed on the nose and finish but otherwise the wine is clean and precise.
  
  Grew on me as it opened up over the course of 1.5hrs although it probably needs another 5 years to further integrate and gain depth. A well-made wine. 91+

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  4/11/2019 - eschaefer Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Drank at dinner with McKenna. Cafe Napoli in STL. Nice initial aromas of dark cherry and slate. A minerally palate with brambly characteristics. It was a an overall pleasing wine with good medium bodied texture but finish was brief and it was in kind of a no mans land of fruit versus minerality versus tertiary aromas. Good but not great. Recommended

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