NV Ermitage Blanc Le Meal Vertical (2012-2017)

The Le Méal Blanc Collection Case contains one bottle of every vintage from 2012 to 2017. The wine comes from Chapoutier’s two-hectare parcel of old Marsanne vines in the warmest part of Hermitage, grown on alluvial soils with large pebbles that helps heat the soil and retain heat. This vineyard produces a wine with incredible textural richness, balanced by saline mineral notes. It is one of the world’s most complex white wines. The 2015 and 2013 both received 100 points from the Wine Advocate, while the rest sit in the high 90s. Jeb Dunnuck describes the 2013 as “pure perfection in a glass”. The case contains six bottles (75cl), one each from the 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017 vintages.