Chapoutier, Ermitage Meal Vintage:2010 The 2004 Blanc des Millenaires

The 2004 Blanc des Millenaires offers a striking combination of freshness and the complexity that develops in bottle

but it's not necessarily better

Look for four decades or more of luxuriant satisfaction

most notably with his blind comparisons with First Growth to demonstrate that Sena stands shoulder to shoulder with Old World icons

Chapoutier, Ermitage Meal Vintage:2010 The 2004 Blanc des MillenairesEven inkier in color than the 2010, the 2009 Ermitage le Meal is as good as Hermitage gets. Locked and loaded with phenomenal notes of jammy black raspberries, creme de cassis, crushed violets, smoked earth and spice, it's thick and unctuous on the palate, with incredible density, a huge mid palate and a layered, multi dimensional, seamless, elegant texture that just keeps you coming back and begging for another sip. More hedonistic and voluptuous