Domaine Jean-Louis Chave — Saint-JosephSaint-Joseph2021
The Chave family has been making wine in the Northern Rhône since 1481, making them one of France's oldest wine dynasties. Their Saint-Joseph comes from granite-based vineyards in the historic villages of Tournon, Mauves and St-Jean-de-Muzols. The 2021 is pure Syrah with dark fruit, graphite and ground pepper, medium-bodied with smooth tannins and the clean, granitic minerality that defines great Northern Rhône. Already approachable, but this will improve with time.
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The Chave family has been making wine on the Hermitage hill since 1481, 16 generations in an unbroken line. Jean-Louis Chave took over from his father Gérard in 1992 and farms about 15 hectares across almost every major lieu-dit on the hill. There is no special cuvée or luxury bottling. The Chaves blend all their parcels into one red and one white Hermitage, a practice that reflects their view of Hermitage as one great wine, not a collection of vineyard names.
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Serve at 16–18°C; a little decanting lifts young Syrah's perfume.
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