Descripción

La variedad Marsanne en el Ródano entrega vinos concentrados y largos, que en su madurez embelesan a los más entendidos por su gran complejidad y elegancia. En Ermitage, Michel Chapoutier elabora este vino parcelario, la colección más top, con apenas 2 hectáreas de viñedos repletos de canto rodado de origen aluvial. En su añada 2017 sorprende por su salinidad y mineralidad, con una tensión en boca remarcable. 

 

Ficha técnica

La bodega
M. Chapoutier
Tipo
Blanco
Añada
2017
Grado
14.0% vol.
Variedad
100% Marsanne
Otros formatos disponibles:
Origen
Ermitage

Cata

Temperatura de servicio
Se recomienda servir entre 9 y 12 ºC.
Consumo
Hasta 2035 si se conserva en óptimas condiciones.

Viñedo y elaboración

Descripción
El viñedo de ubica en la ladera de Méal.
Superficie
2 hectáreas.
Edad
Más de 50 años.
Suelo
Cantos rodados de origen aluvial.
Clima
Continental.
Cosecha
Manual.
Vinificación
Después de prensar las uvas enteras, se realiza una premaceración fermentativa en frío durante 24 a 48 horas. Aproximadamente el 50% del mosto pasa a barricas nuevas de roble francés de 600 litros. La otra mitad permanece en depósitos.
Envejecimiento
Crianza sobre lías de 10 a 12 meses.

Opinión de los críticos

The Wine Advocate:

The 2017 Ermitage le Meal Blanc starts with refined notes of crushed stone and pencil shavings that move into a whirlwind of lush fruit, ranging from pineapple through melon and pear. It's rich, almost custardy in texture, yet it's backed by mineral notes of crushed stone and delivers awesome freshness on the long finish. It's an exhilarating ride. 508 cases produced.

Jeb Dunnuck:

As with all the whites from Chapoutier today, the 2017 Ermitage Le Méal Blanc has a kiss of reduction in its rich, full-bodied, powerful style, which gives the wine a more focused, backward style than normal. A huge nose of celery seed, caramelized citrus, honeysuckle, and turmeric as well as plenty of minerality all emerge from the glass, and this beauty gains depth and richness with time. Hide bottles for 3-4 years and it should keep nicely for two decades or more.

James Suckling:

A beautifully rich and complex nose with lemons and limes, white and yellow peaches and a surge of spicy oak, roasted almonds and a flicker of reductive flint. The palate has seamless build and rich, deep-set, ripe-fruit flesh. Smooth, buttery and freshly cut at the finish. Drink or hold.

Decanter:

This 100% Marsanne comes from a 2ha plot of 50-year-old vines on alluvial deposits and large stones. 2008 was a fairly average vintage in the Rhône, arguably the worst of the 2000s along with the dire 2002, but the whites are better than the reds, as this wine shows. It's a little skinnier and straighter than average, but still thoroughly enjoyable, with a little touch of vanilla pod to the poached pear and mango flavours. It has vibrant acidity and a more bitter finish than usual. Not a great vintage for this wine, but from a global perspective it's still very good. Drinking Window 2019 - 2023.