$608
M. Chapoutier Ermitage Le Meal Rouge 2005 Northern Rhone "There are 481 cases of the black/purple 2005 Ermitage Le Meal. As always, classic blackberry, asphalt, charcoal, and beef blood notes jump from the glass of this intense wine. Full-bodied, with staggering concentration and a personality not terribly dissimilar from a first-growth Pauillac, but showing no evidence of oak whatsoever (and that is in spite of being aged in 100% new oak casks), this wine needs 10-12 years of bottle age, and should keep for 50-100 years." R. Parker 96 pts. 02/08 6 bottles (owc)
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2010-11-02