2022 | Domaine Jean-Louis Chave Hermitage | Rhone Chassagne-Montrachet Les Champs Gain tobacco and minty herb

tobacco and minty herb

citrus fruit – lime zest

One of the grandest grand cru white Burgundies

and candied roses

2022 | Domaine Jean-Louis Chave Hermitage | Rhone Chassagne-Montrachet Les Champs Gain tobacco and minty herbA tasting of the different lieux dits showed how the different soil types reacted to the drought. Granite based parcels (Ermite, Les Bessards) suffered blockages in ripening and finished at 13% alcohol; the clay based terroirs (Le Mal, Les Beaumes) didn't stop ripening and finished at 15%. The overall blend will be powerful but fragrant, complex and stylistically sits within other recent dry and hot vintages, and isn't outside the current norm (it's