M. Chapoutier Ermitage Le Mal Blanc 2016 (750ml)

Winemaker Notes

Deep garnet red with purple lights during its youth. The nose has ripe fruits and smoky aromas. The palate has powerful tannins and is velvety with notes of blackberry jam. According to the vintage, the wine can be kept from 30 to 60 years, indeed from 50 to 75 years.

Professional Ratings

97 Jeb Dunnuck
Similarly colored, the 2016 Ermitage Le Mal Blanc comes from a warmer terroir of pebbly and more loess soils and was brought up in 10% new demi-muids. It\’s a bigger, richer wine than the de lOre and boasts rocking notes of honeyed citrus, orange marmalade, baking spices, and licorice. Rich, powerful, and layered on the palate, it\’s another rocking white from this team that will drink nicely for two decades or more.
94 Robert Parker\’s Wine Advocate
The 2016 Ermitage le Meal Blanc is all Marsanne and all power, with ample weight and richness on the full-bodied palate. Grilled melon and tangerine flavors are big, bold and round yet balanced by a hint of bitterness on the finish. It should drink well for two decades or more.
94 James Suckling

Seductive and creamy nose with baked lemons, orange rind, rusks, flower honey, green apples and fresh flowers. Full body with such an ample, round dimension to it. Its expansive and extensive with controlled power. Its flattering with so much volume and weight on the palate. Long finish. From biodynamically grown grapes with Demeter certification.