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2011 M. Chapoutier, Hermitage, Le Meal Rouge
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Start Your Wine Collection with 2011 M. Chapoutier, Hermitage, Le Meal Rouge
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Why We're Buying
When people think of the best Rhône wines from 2011, they think of Le Méal. Its fruit comes from a large section of vines that sit at a slightly higher elevation than the rest of the M Chapoutier property. It features chalk and alluvial soils rather than the granite-dominant terrain elsewhere. The result is an ultra-aromatic wine with superb concentration. Wine critic Jeb Dunnuck praised 2011 M Chapoutier Ermitage Le Méal as “straight-up hedonistic” and “borderline perfection.” It’s hard to argue. The voluptuous body features layer after layer of dark fruit, smoke, herb, anise, and crushed stone. With an aging window of more than two decades, this regal red should continue to age well into the future. The Final Sip: Call it poetic justice, but 2011 Le Méal aptly comes from a lieu-dit that translates to “the best.”
Critics Scores
Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
One of the wines of the vintage, the spectacular 2011 Ermitage Le Meal is borderline perfection. Loaded with dark fruits, charcoal, roasted herbs, liquid violet and crushed rock-like minerality, it flows onto the palate with full-bodied richness, layers of texture and superb concentration. Offering uncommon richness and texture in the vintage, it should have two decades of longevity (and be drinkable for most of it).
Wine Spectator
Mulled plum, loganberry and blackberry fruit is melded together in this red, studded with anise, briar and singed mesquite notes. A light tarry backdrop frames the long finish.