Chapoutier, Ermitage Ermite other_regions There is excellent richness to

There is excellent richness to the concentrated and beautifully textured broad-shouldered flavors that possess focused power and a subtle minerality that really comes up on the youthfully austere and strikingly long finish

citrus fruits

but with good balancing acidity

roast meat and forest resins haunt the blackberry and plum fruits

Chapoutier, Ermitage Ermite other_regions There is excellent richness toThis feels like an entire magnum of wine was somehow, crammed into a single bottle. Inky in color, this is so dense, it fills your mouth, coats your palate, staining your teeth and palate with a massive wall of fruit, tannin and crushed stones. There is a fabulous purity to the fruit and a lushness to the texture that lets you know, this wine means business. 2 3 decades are needed for this to really come around. But it will get there. However, unless