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    1 217
  • Producer ranking ?

    32
  • Decanting time

    2h
  • When to drink

    now to 2030
  • Food Pairing

    Farm-raised chicken supreme stuffed with foie gras

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The Story

The Chave family is based in a small village on the northern right bank of the Rhone. There have been Chaves growing vines on the famous Hermitage hill since 1481. Gerard Chave took over from his father in 1970 and rapidly achieved megastar status due to the extraordinary quality of his wines and has since passed on the winemaking responsibilities to his son Jean-Louis. The Chave’s methods for all their winemaking are traditional farming, super low yields, full ripeness, and minimal manipulation. Their unmatched metic- ulousness continues through ve centuries to render venerable expressions of the purest of Rhône terroir. 

 

Vineyard Location: The grapes come from 3 distinctive parts of the Hermitage hill. The majority of the blend comes from Diognières, which is at the base of the hill on alluvial soil with many small pebbles. It
lends a note of spice to the wine. The next parcel is Péleat. It sits above Diognières and is composed of more sand and limestone in the clay. It
gives nesse to the wine. And nally, Gref eux sits at the base of Le Méal on the hill. Its soil consists of rolled river stones brought by the glaciers. It brings structure to the nished wine.

Farconnet was the name of a nobleman back in the time of Jean- Louis Chave’s great grandfather. He was actually the man from whom the great grandfather bought the Bessards parcel.

Vini cation: Fermented in tonneaux and stainless steel. Aged in barriques for 18-24 months. 

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Origin

Mauves, Rhône

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