Ermitage rouge le Pavillon 2003 AC, MO, M. Chapoutier

Chapoutier M.

Product number: n14516

Ermitage rouge le Pavillon 2003
AC, MO, M. Chapoutier

Rating in the 100-point quality scale: 100

CHF 1,568.00

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Availability: 1 bts. available | content: 300 cl

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Country:	France
Region:	Côte du Rhône
Producer/appellation:	Chapoutier M.
Wine type:	Red wines
Year:	2003
Content:	300 cl
Organic/bio dynamic:	No

100

Jeb Dunnuck

Robert Parker/Wine Advocate

Even better, and topping out on my scale, the 2003 Ermitage le Pavillon comes all from the granite soils of the Les Bessards lieu-dit and was aged 100% in new barrels. Its inky ruby/black color is followed by off the hook aromas and flavors of plum, creme de cassis, licorice, crushed rocks and violet/incense-like qualities. This gives way to a full-bodied, dense, seamless and textured 2003 that has building tannin, awesome concentration and a blockbuster finish. Drink it anytime over the coming two decades, although, as with the Le Meal, it’s gorgeous now. Finishing harvest at the end of August, Michel Chapoutier produced a monumental lineup of wines in 2003, and enough can’t be said about the quality coming for this estate. To say I was blown away would be an understatement.