Chapoutier, Ermitage Ermite other_regions The 2011 El Carretil is

The 2011 El Carretil is produced with Tempranillo grapes from a single 5

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but the purity of the fruit is impossible to miss even at this early stage

17% Petit Verdot

Chapoutier, Ermitage Ermite other_regions The 2011 El Carretil isThis feels like an entire magnum of wine was somehow, crammed into a single bottle. Inky in color, this is so dense, it fills your mouth, coats your palate, staining your teeth and palate with a massive wall of fruit, tannin and crushed stones. There is a fabulous purity to the fruit and a lushness to the texture that lets you know, this wine means business. 2 3 decades are needed for this to really come around. But it will get there. However, unless