M. Chapoutier, Ermitage, Le Pavillon 2016

Brilliant purple. Highly expressive black and blue fruit scents are complemented by building floral pastille, exotic spice and smoky mineral flourishes. Sweet and penetrating in the mouth, offering deeply concentrated black raspberry, boysenberry and spicecake flavors that become more lively on the back half. Shows outstanding clarity and minerally cut on the strikingly long finish, which features fine-grained tannins and resonating florality.

• Drinking Window: 2027 - 2037
• Reviewer Name: Josh Raynolds
• Review Date: September 2019