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    1 322
  • Producer ranking ?

    53
  • Decanting time

    2h
  • When to drink

    2020-2035
  • Food Pairing

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The Story

Le Méal, a broader swathe of the hill at a high elevation (150-200  metres) facing slightly more Easterly, takes its name from the old French word meaning "the best". The land of sandy gravel, combined with Syrah vines over 50 years old, give a wine characterised by a supple character, fine balance and deeply intense fruit aromas. Yields are again exceptionally low, at around 20 hl/ha. Le Méal tends to produce the longest-lived wines from these soils with greater perfume and richness. The nose exhibits a ripe fruit character, with rich, stewed blackberries and powerful but velvety tannins on the palate. 

Grape variety

Syrah from 50 year old vines.

 Soil

This wine is produced exclusively on the Méal hillside, high terraces of round stones and clays

 Harvesting

Hand harvesting at maturity. Natural proof above 13°C

 Vinification

The harvest, totally destemmed, is vinified in a small cement vat. Maceration is long and lasts for 5 to 6 weeks

 Maturing

All the wine is matured in casks including 50% new casks . Maturing lasts 14 to 18 months. Natural clarification. Unfiltered and unfined.

Ageing potential: +25 years

 Matching food

Red meat. Large game. Stew.

 

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Latest Pro-tasting notes

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Tasting note

color

Deep

ending

Long and Spicy

flavors

Blueberry, Vegetal, Plum, Smoky and Spice

nose

Opulent and Cooked

recommend

No

taste

Average in Acidity, High alcohol content, High tannin, Developing, Full-bodied, Powerful, Dry and Drying tannins

Verdict

nice but not special

Written Notes

Good looking normal size bottle and in an perfect condition. Colour is deep. On the nose it is opulent and cooked. The taste is full of energy, and dry, high alcohol content, with high tannin, with drying tannins, and average in acidity, full-bodied and developing. On the palate it is layered and has plum, blueberry, smoky, vegetal and spice flavours. The finish is long and spicy. This wine is nice but not special. I paid around 500-1k€ a bottle. Perfectly stored bottles are still very worthy and will last well for another 20-30 years and decant at least 1h before tasting. Too expensive for quality. I do not recommend it. 

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Origin

Cornas, Rhône

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