In classic Chave style this starts out with all of the cracked pepper, lavender and gamey notes Syrah in a perfect spot can give you. Then you find the lightness that sets Chave apart from the pack. Not that the weight is missing,... Read More
More in the mold of the 2014, the 2021 Hermitage is a ripe, polished, beautifully balanced Hermitage that doesn't have the depth and concentration of a great vintage, yet shines for its elegance, balance, and overall sense... Read More
The 2021s here are certainly strong wines in the vintage. The 2021 Saint Joseph is a healthy dense ruby/purple hue and offers textbook Saint Joseph aromas and flavors of black fruit (there's a hint of red fruit as well), graphite,... Read More
Enough wood to comment on setting off the ripe and layered dark berry and earth-suffused nose. There is both impressive richness and mid-palate concentration to the powerful big-bodied flavors that possess real punch and drive... Read More
This too is moderately reduced and hard to evaluate. There is excellent volume and mid-palate density to the punchy and alluringly textured middle weight flavors that culminate in a very firm, delicious and serious finale. This... Read More
Here the nose is firmly reduced and unreadable. Otherwise there is fine verve to the very rich medium-bodied flavors that possess a lovely texture while the youthfully austere finish is sufficiently saline-inflected to remain... Read More
A spicy and sauvage-suffused nose is comprised by notes of notably ripe red and dark raspberry, underbrush and a whiff of newly turned earth. The suave and minerally medium-bodied flavors retain reasonably good detail despite... Read More
As one would reasonably expect, the nose is notably more elegant with its pretty and well-layered aromas of red cherry, violet, earth and a hint of wood. The racy, intense and well-detailed flavors possess a refined texture before... Read More
An exceptionally ripe nose also reflects discreet port and roasted coffee tinged aromas of black cherry, menthol and plum. The super-rich, luscious and suave medium weight flavors possess a highly seductive mid-palate that contrasts... Read More
A more elegant and cooler array features notes of various dark berries, spice, earth and a floral top note. The delicious, intense and well-detailed flavors exude a bracing salinity on the youthfully austere and noticeably firmer... Read More
A complex and nicely broad-ranging nose reflects notes of mostly dark cherry with additional nuances of earth, menthol, oak and red currant. The focused, supple and almost gentle mid-palate of the delicious medium weight flavors... Read More
Ripe black cherries, dried flowers, black olives and cloves on the nose. It’s medium-bodied with firm, silky tannins and a juicy, flavorful finish. Better from 2023.