Le Méal Ermitage Syrah

Dark scarlet tawny, almost opaque. Strongly scented. Notes of kirsch, dark soaked cherries, blue fruit, herbs, and some pine wood. Powerful in the mouth. Almost over the top. A bit hot and Port-like, and a bit too stewy to enjoy unless accompanied with something like cheese to tone it down. Representative of the vintage, but not my preferred style.

As the name says, it was a "Meal". Still to young. Don't look at for a decade.

Just over the top, stewed, olive. Not a great vintage.

Dark,ripe and tannic .....still too young and need at least 10 more years .

Still has a long life ahead of it.

Loved it. Chapoutier owns the Rhone.

Adam had this 6 years ago