Ermitage Le Méal Blanc, Maison M. Chapoutier 2022

Stone fruits, brioche, honeyed minerality, and white flowers all emerge from the 2022 Ermitage Le Méal Blanc, a bigger, richer effort compared to the L'Orée. Medium to full-bodied and concentrated, it shows bright acidity and beautiful purity, with a clean, focused style. Made from 100% Marsanne and aged primarily in demi-muids and foudre (10% new oak) with 15% in stainless steel for 12 months, it will cruise for 15-20 years. Drink 2025-2045.

The 2022 Ermitage Le Méal Blanc is a bigger, richer effort, with voluptuous amounts of white peach, orange marmalade, stone fruits, and crushed stone-like minerality all soaring from the glass. Rich, full-bodied, and beautifully concentrated, with a gorgeous finish, it will already make your eyes roll back in your head, but I'd give bottles 2-3 years and enjoy over the following two decades.