Chapoutier, Ermitage Ermite other_regions flinty touches to the nose

flinty touches to the nose - it’s still extremely young - with green and red apple notes and some clear slate and wet stone minerality

but the purity of the fruit is impossible to miss even at this early stage

Doug Shafer noted that this fruit was picked at up to 26 degrees Brix

if not complexity

Chapoutier, Ermitage Ermite other_regions flinty touches to the noseThis 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