Chapoutier, Ermitage Ermite Size:3L tobacco and licorice

tobacco and licorice

fresh peach

spice-accented red and dark berry and cola flavors and an undercurrent of smoky minerality

This is certainly impressive but the Griotte has that something extra in 2015

Keep an eye open for these two vintages

Chapoutier, Ermitage Ermite Size:3L tobacco and licoriceThis 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