2003 M. Chapoutier Hermitage Blanc Chante-Alouette

Community Tasting Notes (50) Avg Score: 91.0 points

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  8/14/2023 - jviz wrote:

  Lacking in acid and oxidized by effect of time rather than some fault. Drink these young. I’ve yet to have a white hermitage wow me with its age.

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  8/12/2023 - Nutty08 wrote:

  This didn't do much for me. In a big tasting didn't stand out. Waxy mouthfeel.

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  11/3/2021 - BurgunDivine wrote: flawed

  Corked, but shows nonetheless some oxydative notes in the back.
  
  Bouchonnée, laissant pourtant entrevoir quelques notes oxydatives à l'arrière plan.

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  9/21/2019 - rikipedia wrote: 86 Points

  Deep orange-gold with brass edges.
  Fairly intense aromas of salted, dried orange, wet straw, 'dry' honey rather than sweet (like a fynbos honey) and caramalised pineapples. Fairly evolved at 16 years, as one would expect.
  Full-bodied with moderate acidity, this is a rich wine with clear ripeness from the 2003 vintage.
  The immediate flavours on the palate are spice (gluhwein spices) with lots of quince, dried mandarin peel, acacia, chamomile tea and as the wine opens further, some beeswax, bitumen and even garrigue. There is a pithiness towards the finish yet a viscousness at the same time. The length is a little bitter and slightly stunted with hot, spiky alcohol. The wine is arguably past its best.

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  12/9/2017 - bablues wrote: 92 Points

  7th Annual Christmas dinner and cellar raid (Naperville, IL): Part of Christmas wine dinner and cellar raid and didn't take detailed notes. Started with the White Hermitage to get the night started. This was excellent

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