Chapoutier Crozes Hermitage Les Meysonniers Rouge 2006

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Country: France
Region: Rhone Valley

Colour : Deep purple red.
Nose : Red fruit and blackcurrant dominate, followed by aromas of violet.
Mouth : Generous and round tasting with a finish of stewed fruits and a hint of vanilla.

Reviews:
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"Silky and mineral-driven, with iron and lavender notes leading the way for supple black cherry fruit, followed by a graceful finish. Drink now through 2010. 500 cases imported. –JM" -Rated 89, Wine Spectator
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"From the north, the 2006 Crozes-Hermitage Les Meysonnieres reminded me of the 1996, with tart acids, and a leafy, cool red fruit character. This elegant, mid-weight, consumer-friendly Crozes can be enjoyed over the next few years. While Michel Chapoutier produces some of the world’s greatest wines from single parcels of old vines spread throughout the northern and southern Rhone (see my ecstatic reviews of his 2007 and 2006 Chateauneuf du Papes in issue #179), he also has an impressive portfolio of value-priced wines that are often over-looked when this impressive producer is discussed. Following are some top-notch picks that all sell for exceptionally fair prices. Chapoutier has not achieved as great as success in Cornas as he has in the other northern Rhone appellations, although his Cornas wines get better with each vintage. There are four extraordinary single vineyard white wines, all of which are among the greatest dry white wines of the world. While all of them can be drunk young, they are meant for extended cellaring. Made from very small yields, they represent the essence of a varietal as well as a vineyard site. As the following notes demonstrate, 2006 was one of the greatest vintages for white wines at Chapoutier. The single vineyard selection parcellaire red wines range in production from 500 to nearly 1,000 cases. 2007 is a very good vintage for these selections, but 2006 has an edge. It is reminiscent of 1996 because of the wines’ freshness and acid levels, but Chapoutier’s 2006s are even more concentrated than his 1996s. Chapoutier’s four 2006 cuvees of single vineyard Hermitage are exquisite. Most of the yields were between 10 and 20 hectoliters per hectare, and the wines are extravagantly rich. The 2006 and 2007 luxury cuvees of Chateauneuf du Pape Croix des Bois and Chateauneuf du Pape Barbe Rac were reviewed in issue #179. They are all astounding wines, especially in 2007" -Rated 87, Robert Parker's Wine Advocate

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