2012 Hermitage Rouge, Domaine Jean-Louis Chave, Rhône

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2012 Hermitage Rouge, Domaine Jean-Louis Chave, RhôneOne of the more charming and forward efforts from Chave, the 2012 Hermitage sports a mostly opaque purple color to go with classic creme de cassis and blackberry fruits intermixed with notions of lead pencil shavings, violets and powdered rocks. Deep, full bodied and sumptuously textured, with good freshness, this pure, elegant Hermitage shows more and more definition and cut with time in the glass, but never loses it's more fruit forward, charming

The palate is what I would refer to as “politely austere”

straight Bourbon whiskey

Vinous (October 2015)

hay and cereal notes

and perhaps a little warmth from one’s hands a glorious bouquet of dry

but it will go on forever

The 2002 Cuvée Sir Winston Churchill is the stunning 2008's closest challenger in the decade

Very attractive

the grape juice before fermentation was so fragrant that the vat room was already full of the smell of blackberries and raspberries

as with a suit that would fit me

Bottled at natural strength

the birthplace of gin