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  • 2004
  • White
  • Marsanne
  • Hermitage
  • Rhone Valley North
  • Rhone
  • France
  • 750ml
  • 100 points
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Lot 815

2004 M Chapoutier Ermitage Le Meal Blanc Hermitage - 6 bottle(s)-750ml

Estimate: CAD$1,200 - CAD$1,700
Starting Bid
CAD$850
$625

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
CAD$0 CAD$20
CAD$500 CAD$50
CAD$1,000 CAD$100
CAD$2,000 CAD$200
CAD$3,000 CAD$250
CAD$5,000 CAD$500
CAD$10,000 CAD$1,000
CAD$20,000 CAD$2,000
CAD$50,000 CAD$5,000
CAD$100,000 CAD$10,000
This lot is comprised of 6 bottle(s) of 2004 M Chapoutier Ermitage Le Meal Blanc Hermitage - 750ml. Estimate for this lot is between $1200 - $1700 with a reserve of $850. The wine in this lot belongs to collection 11660.

Condition

Please note the following conditions in this lot - Scuffed Label.

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This consignor, who was Cellerier for the Confreie des Chevaliers du Tastevin for 10 years and the Grand Senechal for 5 years, began collecting wine in 1985, after he worked in Switzerland with a professor and Burgundy enthusiast. A visit to Domaine de la Romanée-Conti to pick up a mixed case of 1985 DRC—and tasting a 1962 Richebourg—sealed his passion for fine wine. His collection was sourced primarily on release, either in Europe, Western Canada, or the U.S. Wines requiring long-term aging are stored in a passive underground cellar in Whistler, kept at 40–48°F with 45–55% humidity. Shorter-term bottles are held in a second underground cellar at home, averaging 52°F and 50% humidity. He also maintains a cellar at his farm in Sweden, dedicated mainly to white Burgundy and white Rhône wines, purchased at source and transported directly from France. Due to the high humidity (97%) and low average temperature (38°F), bottles there are wrapped in plastic to protect the labels—conditions that provide near-perfect aging for whites.
2004 M Chapoutier Ermitage Le Meal Blanc Hermitage from this lot has the following scores - The Wine Advocate 100 points. This is the tasting note for 2004 M Chapoutier Ermitage Le Meal Blanc Hermitage from Robert Parker - with a score of 100. The 2004 Ermitage Le Meal blanc (266 cases) is total perfection in the bottle. Of course, this is supposedly the vineyard that so impressed Thomas Jefferson when he visited Hermitage in the late 1700s. Boasting an amazing concentrated essence of licorice, minerals, acacia flowers, and buttery honey, the wine is viscous, super-thick, rich, and mind-blowingly intense. Having just had an utterly perfect bottle of DRC 1973 Montrachet, I couldn’t help but think that this wine may well be even younger at a similar age.