A lush, toasty, buttery style, with creamed peach, white corn, piecrust and glazed pear flavors. Very flattering, revealing a buried blanched almond hint that keeps this honest through the finish.
Jean-Louis Chave is one of the most cerebral and hard working winemakers we’ve ever met. He took over his family’s domaine in 1993 but as if that wasn’t enough work, a few years later he began reclaiming his family’s hillside vineyards in St. Joseph. These vineyards were abandoned and required re-terracing and re-planting.