Chapoutier, Ermitage Ermite other_regions Will the 2009 shut down

Will the 2009 shut down in bottle

with plentiful fine-grained tannins that firm up on the long finish

The 2011 El Carretil is produced with Tempranillo grapes from a single 5

but the purity of the fruit is impossible to miss even at this early stage

Doug Shafer noted that this fruit was picked at up to 26 degrees Brix

Chapoutier, Ermitage Ermite other_regions Will the 2009 shut downThis 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