Le Meal Blanc
⏳ Drikkevindue
2023 - 2038
🍽️ Mad & Vin-match
Lobster in cream sauce, roasted sweetbreads, truffled poultry
✨ Tekniske specifikationer
M. Chapoutier's Le Méal Blanc is a legendary single-vineyard white Hermitage sourced from one of the most celebrated climats on the historic hill of Hermitage. The vineyard of Le Méal, with its steep, south-facing terraces, is covered in large river stones (galets) and clay-gravel soils that soak up the intense Rhône sun. This exceptional terroir yields a white wine of immense power, concentration, and structural complexity. Made from old-vine Marsanne, the wine undergoes fermentation and aging in oak demi-muids with regular lees stirring (bâtonnage). This meticulous process imparts a rich, velvety texture, balancing opulent notes of ripe stone fruits, honey, and toasted almonds with a deep, saline minerality that reflects its ancient geological origins.
🍾 Om vinhuset / producenten
M. Chapoutier blev grundlagt i 1808 i Tain-l'Hermitage i Rhônedalen og har siden udviklet sig til et af Frankrigs mest berømte vinhuse. Husets internationale stjernestatus tog for alvor fart, da Michel Chapoutier overtog roret i 1990 med sin kompromisløse vision. Som pioner inden for biodynamisk vindyrkning og minimal intervention i vinkælderen er ejendommen særligt hyldet for sine enkeltmarks-aftapninger, 'sélections parcellaires', der formidler de fineste terroiregenskaber på tværs af Rhône og andre vinregioner. Chapoutier, der siden 1996 ikonisk har haft punktskrift (blindeskrift) på alle etiketter, skaber referencepunkter for druer som Syrah, Marsanne og Grenache i prestigiøse appellationer som Hermitage, Côte-Rôtie og Châteauneuf-du-Pape.
🍇 Grape Varieties
100% Marsanne
🍷 Alkoholprocent (ABV)
14-14.5%