A brooding and very reserved but highly complex nose features notes of dried flowers

but it is among the most pleasurable wine in this tasting

Otherwise the dense

lively and incisive

(100% whole clusters)

Chapoutier, Ermitage Ermite other_regions A brooding and very reservedThis 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