2016 m. chapoutier, hermitage, les greffieux
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Why We're Buying
“Extravagantly rich.” “Utterly seamless.” “Voluptuously textured.” These are just a few of the phrases used to describe M. Chapoutier Les Greffieux. The dynamic cuvée is flawless out of the bottle and comes with a 30+ year aging potential. Wine critic Jeb Dunnuck called the 2006 vintage "the finest wine I have ever tasted from Les Greffieux.”
Critics Scores
Jeb Dunnuck
From the deeper soils at the bottom of the Le Méal lieu-dit, the 2016 Ermitage Les Gréffieux was all destemmed and saw its normal 18 months in a mix of Burgundy barrels and demi-muids, with just 25 being new. This is a rich, powerful, black-fruited expression of this cuvée, offering up tons of blackcurrants, blackberries, smoked earth, chocolate, and spice. Inky colored, full-bodied, sensationally concentrated, and opulent on the palate, it's a killer bottle of wine that can be drunk today or cellared for 25 years or more.
Wine Enthusiast
Layers of smoke and earth keep this wine tightly closed upon opening but aeration coaxes out ripe, almost sun-baked notes of black plum and cherry preserve. It’s a shy wine in youth with tannins that are taut and a bit bitter. Wait until 2023—it should improve well through 2035 and hold further.
Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
Typically the most approachable of Chapoutier's parcel selections, the 2017 Ermitage les Greffieux is a plush, generous, downright sexy Hermitage. Loaded with redcurrants and spice and supported by silky tannins, it should be drinkable by 2020 yet drink well through at least 2035.