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The most flamboyant of these 100% old-vine Marsanne cuvees of Ermitage is the 2005 Ermitage Le Meal blanc. In-your-face honey along with marmalade, citrus oil, white flowers, and sweet peach are flamboyant, even ostentatious. Decadent, luxuriously rich, with huge body, amazing viscosity and richness, this enormous dry white has an underpinning of acidity and tannin, and alcohol just short of 16% (remarkably well-hidden beneath a cascade of glycerin, fruit, and extract). Just amazing! Drink it in its first 5 years of life, or hold it for 30+ years.' Apr 2007 Quoted at $250.00
The International Wine Cellar 91-93 points: 'Medium gold. Very ripe, dense aromas of honeyed Apricot and peach, deepened by smoked meat, White Chocolate and beeswax. Powerful, almost brooding, with deep, superripe, smoky flavors of fig, apricot and quince paste. Oily in texture, with serious weight and depth, this will need to be served with the richest, most decadent dishes. ' Jan 2007