2022 | Domaine Jean-Louis Chave Hermitage | Rhone Chassagne-Montrachet Les Champs Gain and candied roses

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citrus fruit – lime zest

One of the grandest grand cru white Burgundies

espresso crema

Chalky tannins create a mouth-filling

2022 | Domaine Jean-Louis Chave Hermitage | Rhone Chassagne-Montrachet Les Champs Gain and candied rosesA tasting of the different lieux dits showed how the different soil types reacted to the drought. Granite based parcels (Ermite, Les Bessards) suffered blockages in ripening and finished at 13% alcohol; the clay based terroirs (Le Mal, Les Beaumes) didn't stop ripening and finished at 15%. The overall blend will be powerful but fragrant, complex and stylistically sits within other recent dry and hot vintages, and isn't outside the current norm (it's