Le Meal Rouge
⏳ Drikkevindue
2012 - 2040
🍽️ Mad & Vin-match
Roasted rack of lamb, slow-cooked venison stew, grilled ribeye steak
✨ Tekniske specifikationer
Hailing from one of the most legendary slopes of the Hermitage hill, M. Chapoutier's 'Le Méal' Rouge is a masterclass in terroir-driven Syrah. The name 'Le Méal' derives from an old French word meaning 'the best' or 'the middle,' referencing its prized mid-slope position where the vines bask in intense, south-facing sunlight. This historic vineyard is characterized by its ancient fluvioglacial alluvial soils, littered with smooth river stones (galets) that absorb the daytime heat and radiate it back to the vines at night. Cultivated under strict biodynamic principles, the old Syrah vines yield fruit of extraordinary concentration. The wine is vinified traditionally in concrete vats and aged in French oak barrels for up to 18 months without fining or filtration. The result is a monumental, deeply structured red offering a complex tapestry of dark blackberries, licorice, smoky bacon fat, and crushed stone minerality, wrapped in velvety, powerful tannins.
🍾 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% Syrah
🍷 Alkoholprocent (ABV)
14-14.5%